Blade

Museum number:
7-3752
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003752
Alternate number:
1027/9294 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1688 and Acc.892
Description:
Quartzite or basalt end scraper/blade; triangular; opposite end pointed; (Magdalenian?)
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley), Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley), and University of California Library
Collection place:
Les Eyzies, Dordogne, Aquitaine
Collection date:
August 1935
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Blades (stone tools) and Magdalenian (ca. 17,000–12,000 BP)
Accession date:
1946 and 1962
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Blade, accession number 7-3752, described as Quartzite or basalt end scraper/blade; triangular; opposite end pointed; (Magdalenian?)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Blade, accession number 7-3752, described as Quartzite or basalt end scraper/blade; triangular; opposite end pointed; (Magdalenian?)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Blade, accession number 7-3752, described as Quartzite or basalt end scraper/blade; triangular; opposite end pointed; (Magdalenian?)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Blade, accession number 7-3752, described as Quartzite or basalt end scraper/blade; triangular; opposite end pointed; (Magdalenian?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 7-3752, described as Quartzite or basalt end scraper/blade; triangular; opposite end pointed; (Magdalenian?)

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