Flake
Knife (uncertain)
Scraper (uncertain)
2274
From: Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2274 |
| 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 | Large flake which may have been used as a knife or scraper. Bulb of percussion visible on one side. Parallel ends each with a lip, one of which has ridges. Gray to black stone. This flake shows evidence of how it was formed. Striking patterns are indicated by the bulb of percussion on one side and the flaking scars on the other. Although it may simply have been the by product created in the process of making another stone tool, it is also possible that its sharp edges could have been used as a cutting tool. This type of tool has definate similarities to examples identified as of the Paleolithic period although their production is linked to the flaked stone tool technology which may have continued in successive periods. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF | None - Other Number |
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