Tool
This tool was created from a flake knocked off from a larger core. There are no obvious signs of working, but one side (lower edge in photograph) appears to have been used, perhaps as a scraper.
Flake tools, especially those showing the Levallois technique, and not core tools, characterize the Middle Paleolithic Period (90,000-35,000 B.C.). A number of industries, each with slightly different tool kits, have been noted. By 35,000 B.C. modern humans occupied Egypt.
Flake tools, especially those showing the Levallois technique, and not core tools, characterize the Middle Paleolithic Period (90,000-35,000 B.C.). A number of industries, each with slightly different tool kits, have been noted. By 35,000 B.C. modern humans occupied Egypt.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tool
- Period: Middle Paleolithic
- Date: ca. 90,000–35,000 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Western Desert; Kharga Oasis, Beledeh District, W and NW of Christian necropolis, surface find, MMA excavations, 1908–10
- Medium: Flint
- Dimensions: H. 7 x W. 5.4 x Th. 1.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.10.12i
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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