Keeled Scraper

31-56-1907

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-56-1907
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Aurignacian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level D1
Locus Level D 1
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Steep. Double patination, the older patina remaining along side and part of under surface. Edge of under surface forms scraper with adjoining side; cortex remaining along opposite side. Dorsal edge shows much use and could have served as scraper.

Length 3.8 cm
Width 4.3 cm
Thickness 2.7 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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