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Object Number 53-48-40/7612
Display Title 4 flint "flechettes" (2); shouldered points (2) (broken)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone, three blades with pointed tips, one uniface projectile point with one shoulder and broken tip
Classification
  • Blade
  • Uniface Projectile Point
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Perigordian IV
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / Dordogne / <County> / Les Eyzies / Abri Pataud
Intrasite Trench II-Black Layer (4)
Additional Geographic Terms Dordogne
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 4.7 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm (1 7/8 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 53-48-40/7612; APII/Y-4d; AP--Y-4b; AP-II/x-4a

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
6 tanged and shouldered flint points-miscellaneous types
53-48-40/7251 6 tanged and shouldered flint points-miscellaneous types
Uniface Projectile Point
Abri Pataud
Image Not Available for Harvey Bricker edge-sort cards of flechettes from Abri Pataud
2020.8.1.1 Harvey Bricker edge-sort cards of flechettes from Abri Pataud
Archival
Abri Pataud
22 flint shouldered points and fragments of points (pointes a cran)
60-12-40/7843 22 flint shouldered points and fragments of points (pointes a cran)
Uniface Projectile Point
Les Eyzies
Image Not Available for 4 shouldered points, bifacially pressure-worked (2 flint, 1 quartzite)
57-37-60/11127 4 shouldered points, bifacially pressure-worked (2 flint, 1 quartzite)
Stemmed Projectile Point
Rub' al Khali
2 Proto-Solutrean points (Faces plans); 1 Font-Robert (Tanged) point
49-46-40/5988 2 Proto-Solutrean points (Faces plans); 1 Font-Robert (Tanged) point
Uniface Projectile Point
Gorge d'Enfer
2 large flint blades with pressure retouch around striking platforms and tips no
58-61-60/12005 2 large flint blades with pressure retouch around striking platforms and tips no
Blade
Saudi Arabia
Image Not Available for 4 flint befacially pressure worked shouldered points
58-61-60/11979 4 flint befacially pressure worked shouldered points
Stemmed Projectile Point
Saudi Arabia
4 stone miscellaneous points
48-48-40/6748 4 stone miscellaneous points
Uniface Projectile Point
La Colombiere
2 shouldered stone points (pointes a cran)
49-46-40/5989 2 shouldered stone points (pointes a cran)
Projectile Point
Jean Blanc?
Les Champs Blanc?
Image Not Available for 2 flint shouldered blades: one with normal retouch; one with inverse retouch
53-48-40/7272 2 flint shouldered blades: one with normal retouch; one with inverse retouch
Abri Pataud
4 shouldered flint blades
32-52-60/110 4 shouldered flint blades
Raw Material
Blade
Syria
Image Not Available for 2 flint shouldered points, bifacially pressure-worked
57-37-60/11134 2 flint shouldered points, bifacially pressure-worked
Stemmed Projectile Point
Rub' al Khali