Hammerstone

Percuteur

EU468

From: France | Dordogne (uncertain) | Roches de Sergeac

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU468
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Aurignacian (uncertain)
Provenience France | Dordogne (uncertain) | Roches de Sergeac
Period Aurignacian (uncertain)
Section European
Materials Quartz
Description

Original Card: flint implement - Percuteru, smaller, more nearly spherical. France. Presumably of Upper Palaeolithic age.

Revised Card: Quartz hammerstone - Roughly spherical. One end only showing much battering. France, probably Dordogne, Roches de Sergeac. Probably Aurignacian.

Length 6 cm
Width 5.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Louis Didon, 1913

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