Nucleus (Lithic)

EU599

From: England | Kent | Northfleet

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU599
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Upper Paleolithic
Provenience England | Kent | Northfleet
Period Upper Paleolithic
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Nucleiform grattoir of Aurignacian type. "Sometimes used as steep-ended planes." (Smith), See Eu. 577. France, Dordogne.

Revised Card: Flint nucleus - "Sometimes used as steep-ended planes" (R.A. Smith of British Museum). See Eu 577. Double-ended. Bluish-gray patination. #14. France, Dordogne. Upper Palaeolithic-type.

Height 3.5 cm
Length 6.3 cm
Width 3.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the British Museum, 1919
Other Number 14 - Other Number

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