Blade

EU612

From: France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU612
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Solutrean (uncertain) | Magdalenian (uncertain)
Provenience France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies
Period Solutrean (uncertain) | Magdalenian (uncertain)
Date Made 20000-10000 BCE
Section European
Materials Flint
Description

Original Card: Flint Implement - Same as EU610. See EU577. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies.

Revised Card: Flint blade - One of "four flakes (blade-like), probably transition from Solutre to La Madeleine" (R. A. Smith of British Museum). Fractured. Quadrangular in section. Orange patination. CL 1863. #7. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies cave. Solutrean or Magdalenian.

Length 4.3 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the British Museum, 1919
Other Number CL1863 - Collector Number | 7 - Other Number

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