Core

Museum number:
7-3747
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003747
Alternate number:
38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1688 and Acc.892
Description:
dark flint core scraper; concave-convex; use flaking on one edge (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley), Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley), and University of California Library
Collection place:
La Ferrassie, Dordogne, France
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
August 1935
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Aurignacian (ca. 43,000–26,000 BP), Châtelperronian (ca. 44,500–36,000 BP), and Cores (lithics)
Accession date:
1946 and 1962
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #57: University of California, Davis (February 5, 1964–May 12, 1964), S1964-1965 #57: Amigos Anonymous/Phyllis Reid (March 2, 1965–March 3, 1965), S1965-1966 #35: San Mateo College/T. Curren (November 8, 1965–December 20, 1965), S1965-1966 #68: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 3, 1966–March 8, 1966), S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023), and S2023-2024 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Core, accession number 7-3747, described as dark flint core scraper; concave-convex; use flaking on one edge (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Core, accession number 7-3747, described as dark flint core scraper; concave-convex; use flaking on one edge (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 7-3747, described as dark flint core scraper; concave-convex; use flaking on one edge (Aurignacian or Chatelperronian)

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