Flint tortoise core/scraper; gray; concave-convex shape; use chipping on 1/2 circumference
Donor:
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Skhul Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
Culture or time period:
Paleolithic and Mesolithic
Collector:
Theodore D. McCown
Collection date:
1931
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Core scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
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)