Side Scraper
31-56-3144
From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-56-3144 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Upper Levallois | Mousterian |
| Provenience | Palestine | Mugharet el Wad |
| Archaeology Area | Level G3 |
| Locus | Level G 3 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Quartzite |
| Description | Made on large thick blade with hinge fracture. Slightly concave edge retouched to form scraper. Cortex remaining on opposite side of upper face whose edge shows utilization. "Carraway seed" patination |
| Length | 9.4 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931 |
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