Upper Paleo 30.000 BC Aurignacian Natural Backed Tool
TYPOLOGY
Upper Paleolithic natural backed scraper
PERIOD
Upper Paleolithic, +/- 30.000 BC
INDUSTRY-CULTURE
Aurignacian Culture of the Dordogne region - France
SITE LOCATION
Region of Les Eyzies, Dordogne , SW - France
SIZE
- Length :
37 mm
- Width :
45 mm
- Thickness :
10 mm
- Weight :
0,040kg
DESCRIPTION
- Tag-Label :
None
- Patina :
Authentic greyish Dordogne patina -
- Form-Shape :
The tool is made on a regular flake, natural backed and with a convex single side scraper edge.
- Condition :
Intact condition , no old or modern damage .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
P.Y . Demars , Types d’outils du paleolithique superieur en Europe, pag 40 , Rabots
GENERAL INFORMATION
This tool is a classic example of an Aurignacian backed scraper. The flake scars and retouches are intact are very well determined and preserved (the tool is much better than the pictures) A backed scraper is described by Debenath as flakes or blades that have a scraper edge on one margin and a backed surface on the opposing edge which is perpendicular to the interior surface. This tool is a typical example of the early upper paleo technology.
POSITIVE TRAITS
- correct style / shape / material / nice patina
- no alterations, restorations or modern rechipping
- presence of hinge patination
- no multiple loose hinge fractures and ground debris in fracture areas
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- correct style / shape / material
- correct marks from ancient use
- proper flint surface patination , no powdery look, no chemically replicated patination
- mineral deposits present
- presence of subsurface hinge fracture debris or hinge patination
- visible ground debris in fracture areas
- no alterations, restorations or modern rechipping
- no multiple loose hinge fractures
- no sanding or grinding marks
- no flint crushings
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