Grattoir_de_côté

Grattoir de côté

Grattoir de côté

Upper Paleolithic stone tool

In archaeology, a grattoir de côté (French for side scraper) is a ridged variety of steep-scraper distinguished by a working edge on one side. They were found at various archaeological sites in Lebanon including Ain Cheikh and Jdeideh II and are suggested to date to Upper Paleolithic stages three or four (Levantine Aurignacian).[1]

Grattoir de côté. A carinated steep-scraper with a racloir on one of the sides. Found at Jdeideh II, Lebanon. Brown Cretaceous flint

References

  1. [1]
    Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 49 & Figure X, 7, p. 156. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
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