Flake

Knife (uncertain)

Scraper (uncertain)

2285

From: Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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