Blade with burin chip
Lipetsk region, Zadonsk district, Gagarino site
Upper Paleolithic
The Kostenki-Avdeevo culture
Flint
3 х 1.5 cm
Excavations by L.M. Tarasova, 1962
Showcase 1
A small blade made of light translucent flint. There are no traces of retouching or any traces of use on the object. There is a removal negative of a small burin on the edge of the upper end, but at the same time there is no specially designed striking platform for producing this chip. The strike was made simply from the end of the blank to create a narrow, sharp edge for cutting. Since the burin chip is beveling to the reverse side, there is no incisor edge. Most likely, it really could be a blank for a burin. The incisor chip was applied to the plate from the edge of the blank. Functional purpose: a tool blank (burin blank). This is a very common product of the Paleolithic period.