Description: Mousterian period - Neanderthal, Middle Paleolithic, south-west of France. Between 350 000 to 35 000 B.C. According to the typology of the tool, its weathering and the context of discover, this tool may date back to the first half of the Mousterian period. Tool: very nice Mousterian scraper in beautiful jasper. Knapped on flake by our ancestor Homo Neanderthalensis, who left a part of cortex on the top of the tool. Used as end-scraper ("nose scraper" / Grattoir à museau) and double side-scraper. Marks of use on the active parts. Material: jasper + cortexDimensions: 7 x 5,4 x 2,9 cmWeight: 89,18gOrigin: Bergerac area, Dordogne, France This artifact comes from an old French family collection. It was discovered before the 1960's.Provenance statement and exact location provided, as well as Professionnal invoice. Fast and secured shipping. Open to reasonnable offers.
Price: 31 USD
Location: Ayse
End Time: 2024-10-01T13:02:39.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Paleolithic artifact: Prehistoric tool
Signed: Unsigned
Color: Brown
Date of Creation: Unknown
Material: Jasper
Region of Origin: France
Maker: Neanderthal
Paleolithic: Mousterian, Neanderthal
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14in.)
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Type: Tools
Style: Naive, Primitive
Original/Reproduction: Original