Burin-end-scraper

This is a combined, i.e. combining several functions, tool, made on a black opaque flint blade chip. At one end, a high-shaped scraper is made. The scraper blade is symmetrical, convex with abrupt and semi-abrupt retouching. The second end of the blank has been broken off and a burin was made on its angle. These tools were created by applying two oblique blows to the end of the blank, which formed a narrow working burin edge. There are large retouching facets on one of the edges of the object, which were probably obtained as a result of use or during the mounting of this tool to a handle. It is also possible that they were added before the creation of the burin. This tool was useful for various operations within the same type of activity, such as hide working, woodworking and working with bones. For example, animal skins could be scraped using a scraper and cut with a burin. The bone could also be cleaned off any remaining meat and tendons for further carcasses’ cutting to create bone tools’ blanks. The functional purpose of this tool is to work with hides and other hard materials. This is a rather common tool of the Paleolithic period.