Side Scraper

Racloir

EU201

From: France | Charente | La Quina

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU201
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mousterian
Provenience France | Charente | La Quina
Locus B2
Period Mousterian
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Racloir with two patinas, one reddish and yellowish, very ancient, of the primitive Mousterian; the other, gray, fresh, not rolled by the water and of the Upper Mousterian (H. Martin). France, Charente, La Quina B2. Mousterian Age.

Revised Card: Flint side scraper - Also retouched on part of opposite edge. Gray-white patination. Made on elongated flake of older date with light orange patination. France, Charente, La Quina B2. Mousterian.

Length 8 cm
Width 3.9 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Henri-Martin, 1913

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