Burin

31-57-137

From: Palestine | El-Kebara

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-57-137
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Natufian
Provenience Palestine | El-Kebara
Archaeology Area Level B
Locus Level B
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Made on flake struck from side of nucleus. Angle burin at one end; burin on angle of broken blade on one side of other end with previous attempt at a burin plan; poor attempt at burin plan on other side, making it more or less a burin de fortune.

Length 6.7 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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