Endscraper
Lipetsk region, Zadonsk district, Gagarino site
Upper Paleolithic
The Kostenki-Avdeevo culture
Flint
3,5 х 2 cm
Excavations by L.M. Tarasova, 1962
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The scraper was made on a small white flint blade and has regular form. The blade is round in shape, with a slight asymmetry. The retouch is large, it cuts off the end of the blade, and the edge of the blade is additionally treated with a fine retouching. The nature of the retouching makes it difficult to determine whether the master applied it on purpose, or it is simply the traces of use (for example, as a knife blade or for mounting this tool to the handle). The end opposite the blade is slightly damaged.
Functional purpose: a multifunctional tool for working with materials of various hardness – hides, wood, bone.
This is a very common Paleolithic tool.
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