Blade

EU611

From: France | Dordogne | Les Eyzies

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Number EU611
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. 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). Pointed. Gray patination. Curved in profile. #7. France, Dordogne, Les Eyzies cave. solutrean or Magdalenian.

Length 8 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the British Museum, 1919
Other Number CL1863 - Collector Number | 7 - Other Number

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