Blade

Reproduction

37-32-5

From: France | Montmorency Forest

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number 37-32-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Upper Paleolithic
Provenience France | Montmorency Forest
Creator Leon Coutier
Period Upper Paleolithic | Modern
Date Made 1930-1937 CE
Section European
Materials Sandstone
Description

Sandstone. Made by M. Leon Coutier to demonstrate blade technique in Upper Paleolithic times. Technique used is hammerstone with intermediate piece of wood.

Length 9.4 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the American School of Prehistoric Research, though Virginia Beggs, 1937

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