Levallois core

MAC BCN-026102
Object type core
Culture/period Prehistory
Materials flint
Technique carving
Mint
Production date -110000 / -40000
Current location Exposició permanent
Archaeological site Abric Romaní
Township Capellades (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Anoia)
Dimensions 57 x 76 x 20 mm
Description
Core for Levallois flakes in grey-blue flint and with a flat-convex section. It has a surface with negatives of several extractions that correspond to a recurrent centripetal exploitation characteristic of the use of the Levallois method. This knapping method is typical of the Middle Paleolithic (Mousterian) and produces flakes with standardized morphologies that were used later by retouching their shape into sidescrapers, denticulates, endscrapers and points, among other tools.
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Omeka ID 2621