Museum complex

Side-scraper

Middle Paleolithic
Mousterian
Flint
7,5 x 4 cm
Excavations by A.A. Formozov, 1953
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This is a pointed scraper on an irregularly rounded blank. One edge and the end oblique to it at an acute angle are treated with a blunting retouch, which at the end becomes flat and sharp, making it very sharp and quite fragile. Part of the surface of the blank, in addition to a retouch, is covered with large flattening chips, and on the second part the natural lime crust that covered the flint nodule from which the blank was obtained has been preserved. The second end of the tool is rounded, more massive, and is comfortable to hold in the hand.
It has a functional purpose: universal tool for scraping, cutting and piercing.
It is a common tool of the Middle Paleolithic era in Europe.

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