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Object Number
52-9-40/6482
Display Title
Chipped stone burin
Descriptions
Object Description
2 flint bevel-scaled burins, type B 1. Example from Abri Maury has tip broken so that the vertical "spall" is a broken surface not a spall
Inventory Description
Chipped stone, burin, thin and rectangular, with cortex
Classification
- Burin
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Upper Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
France
Additional Geographic Terms
Dordogne; NLes Eyzies, near
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 6.9 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm (2 11/16 × 11/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52-9-40/6482; Ab.; B1; 6; 4
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