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1908.36.6

Reindeer bone or horn tool, flattened and incised at one end. [El.B 24/10/2011]

1908.36.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Reindeer bone or horn tool, flattened and incised at one end. [El.B 24/10/2011]
Geographical reference
France
Europe > Western Europe > France
Aquitaine Dordogne Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil La Madeleine
Person
Field collector Henry Christy
Field collector Edouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1863 Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
1863
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Reindeer Antler Animal, Material Reindeer Bone Animal, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 87 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.36.6
Research and responses

For details on the work undertaken by Henry Christy and Édouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet at this site and elsewhere in the south of France see their 1875 volume [also published with Thomas Rupert Jones] Reliquiae aquitanicae: Being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Pèrigord and the adjoining provinces of Southern France [published in London by Williams & Norgat]. This book can be accessed online at http://www.archive.org/details/reliquiaeaquitan00lartuoft. [MN 06/10/2009]

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