Scraper
Middle Paleolithic
Mousterian
Flint
5 x 4 cm
Excavations by A.A. Formozov, 1953
Showcase 2
It is a small tool of irregular subtriangular shape. The two converging edges may have been its handle, which could be inserted into a wooden or bone frame. The second end of the tool is wide and fairly straight. The tool is retouched with different – flattening and abrupt – retouch chips. Straight edge retouch is not very regular. Such tools were usually used as scrapers for dressing skins and scraping surfaces, but generally they could have a wider range of applications.
The exhibit has a functional purpose: a universal tool for scraping and cutting soft material and wood.
It is a common tool of the Middle Paleolithic era in Europe.
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