Flake
Knife (uncertain)
Scraper (uncertain)
2285
From: Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 2285 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama |
Period | Paleolithic, Japan (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
Date Made | Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Stone |
Technique | Flaked | Chipped |
Inscription Language | English Language |
Description | Flake which was probably used as a scraper or knife. Flaked piece of stone. One edge bifacially retouched. Very thin. Brown stone. This scraper was created from a thin flake. It is s imilar to examples identified as of the Paleolithic period although their production is linked to the flaked stone tool technology which may have continued even into the Yayoi period. |
Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
Other Number | None - Field No SF | None - Other Number |
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