Blade

EU600

From: France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU600
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Upper Paleolithic
Provenience France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies
Period Upper Paleolithic
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - "Long blade" - terminal grattoir - "Characteristic of later caver period" (Smith) Probably Aurignacian. See EU 577. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies. Aurignacian?

Revised Card: Flint blade - "Long blade...characteristic of later cave period" (R.A. Smith of British Museum). See Eu 577. Gray patination. CL 1863. #9. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies. Upper Palaeolithic.

Length 10 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the British Museum, 1919
Other Number 9 - Other Number | CL1863 - Field No SF

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