Flake
EU610
From: France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | EU610 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Solutrean (uncertain) | Magdalenian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies |
| Period | Solutrean (uncertain) | Magdalenian (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 20000-10000 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flint |
| Description | Original Card: Flint Implement - one of "four flades (blade-like), probably transition from Solutre to La Madeleine" (Smith). France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies. Revised Card: Flint flake - One of "four flakes (blade-like), probably transition from Solutre to La Madeleine" (R. A. Smith of British Museum). Grayish-brown patination. No striking platform or bulb. Pointed at both ends. CL 1863 #7. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies cave. Solutrean or Magdalenian. |
| Length | 8.8 cm |
| Width | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the British Museum, 1919 |
| Other Number | CL1863 - Collector Number | 7 - Other Number |
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