Flake
Knife (uncertain)
Scraper (uncertain)
2285
From: Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2285 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama |
| Period | Paleolithic, Japan (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
| Inscription Language | English Language |
| Description | Flake which was probably used as a scraper or knife. Flaked piece of stone. One edge bifacially retouched. Very thin. Brown stone. This scraper was created from a thin flake. It is s imilar to examples identified as of the Paleolithic period although their production is linked to the flaked stone tool technology which may have continued even into the Yayoi period. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF | None - Other Number |
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