Knife
Point
| Object Number: | 13143 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Late Paleolithic Japanese |
| Provenience: | Japan |
| Period: | Upper Paleolithic |
| Date Made: | Late Paleolithic, Japan |
| Early Date: | -30000 |
| Late Date: | -10500 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Stone |
| Technique: | Flaked |
| Length: | 11.3 cm |
| Width: | 3.2 cm |
| Thickness: | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Other Number: | 1 - Other Number |
Description
Stone tool. Knife or point. Long narrow tool coming to a rounded point at both ends. Wider at center. Flaked entire length of tool and on both sides. One end has traces of red pigment. Pearson-examples 12, 14, date to Late Paleolithic period ca. 11,000 BC, represent the late paleolithic in Hokkaido 10 and 13 in. long-largest and 114 early late Yayoi, Nara called stone spear.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Pearson, Richard J. 1992. Ancient Japan.. New York. George Braziller. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 53-54 | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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