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1913.21.261

Stone tool; nucleiform tool

1913.21.261

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool; nucleiform tool
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
Dimensions
Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1913.21.261
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]

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