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Object Number 53-8-40/6559
Display Title Flint blade core: two striking platforms
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, chipped stone blade core, prismatic, triang, used as end scraper?
Classification
  • Prismatic core
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Upper Paleolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / France / Dordogne / <County> / Les Eyzies
Intrasite Grotte des Eyzies
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.4 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm (2 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53-8-40/6559; 27; GE; LE

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