Keeled Scraper

31-56-1893

From: Palestine | Mugharet el Wad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 31-56-1893
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Aurignacian
Provenience Palestine | Mugharet el Wad
Archaeology Area Level D1
Locus Level D 1
Section Near Eastern
Materials Flint
Description

Steep. Double patination. Scraping surface. Part of keel and side made at later date. Under edge with adjoining surface served as scraper; upper edge also served as scraper. Cortex remaining at back

Height 3.2 cm
Length 3.4 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the American School of Prehistoric Research; Dorothy Garrod, 1931

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