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1913.21.244

Stone flake

1913.21.244

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Aquitaine Dordogne Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil La Madeleine
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Upper Palaeolithic Magdalenian
Date collected
1913
Acquisition information
Donated: 1913
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Object numbers
Accession number: 1913.21.244
Research and responses

Magdalenian Culture : “toolmaking industry and artistic tradition of Upper Paleolithic Europe, which followed the Solutrean industry and was succeeded by the simplified Azilian; it represents the culmination of Upper Paleolithic cultural development in Europe.” "Magdalenian culture" Encyclopædia Britannica Online. [Accessed December 3 1999]. [JP 3/12/1999]

Search terms: Tool, Flake

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