Object type
core
Culture/period
Prehistory
Materials
flint
Technique
carving
Mint
Production date
-4200 / -3200
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Bòbila de Bellsolà - La Mogoda
Township
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Vallès Occidental)
Dimensions
65 x 85 mm
Description
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Core of “honey” flint used to produce blades with the pressure technique. This type of flint comes from the High Provence, France, far from the place where it was found. This shows that there was a long-distance exchange network at that time. The peculiar forms that these cores take, the result of the process of gradually removing small laminas or blades, has led to the so-called popular name for them of as 'goat leg's cores' owing to their great similarities with the hooves of the animal. This core was recovered together with another core, an axe and a skeleton.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2592