Monthly Archives: January 2011

Handaxe from the Somme Valley

An Acheulean handaxe from the Somme Valley. In general the design  of such an artefact does not imply any information about its age. The Paleolithic of the Somme valley in northern France has a long history of Paleolithic research especially … Continue reading

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Lupemban bifacial tool

Quartzite Lupemban bifacial tool (24 cm long), found in the Southern Niger region. The Lupemban is an early MSA industry in Central Africa and on the fringes of the Congo basin first described by Breuil more than 60 years ago. … Continue reading

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Faiyum A Neolithic

This is a bifacial knife from the Faiyum A  (Fayum A) Neolithic, made from the typical brown flint of this region. Fayum is a large oasis in Lower Egypt with a permanent lake in the Egyptian Western Desert. In the … Continue reading

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Kleinerdlingen: Micro-borers of the LBK

These tiny borers, displayed together with a triangular point and a short scraper, are surface findings from a linear pottery surface scatter at Kleinerdlingen.  Note that the second borer is made from the  flint of the Abensberg-Arnhofen flint mine near Regensburg, … Continue reading

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Pigments in the MSA and Middle Paleolithic

This is a piece of Goethite, found at the Krems/Hundssteig site in the 1970ies. Such findings are common from Upper Paleolithic sites. The use of pigments by Hominines at archaeological sites during the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Europe and … Continue reading

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Mousterian from the Leudaal area in southern Limburg

These artifacts were found during the 1970ies in the Leudaal area in southern Limburg / NL. This complex has some similarities with the Rheindahlen B-3 complex dated to Riss glaciation. I would be happy to get more information about the … Continue reading

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Busked burin from the Lenderscheid site near Kassel

On a busked burin several parallel bladelet removals are arranged on a convex (curved) edge. In most cases, a sort of notch was made on the end of the arc, opposite the bevel. Busked burins are usually seen as the … Continue reading

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Flechette

This is a flechette from Les Eyzies, found during the early 20th century. Flechettes are leaf-shaped points characterized by short, semi-abrupt retouch, sometimes inverse, at one or both extremities of the blade blank, extending sometimes along one or both margins. … Continue reading

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Saint-Même-les-Carrières : A Biface that was used as a Core

Acheulian Bifaces were found during quarry operations in the 19th and early 20th century at Saint-Même-les-Carrières (Poitou-Charentes), a small village with about 1000 inhabitants. The most famous of these handaxes is a wonderful example from the National Museum at Les … Continue reading

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Paleolithic Pendants from the Epiaurignacian site at Langmannersdorf in Lower Austria

 The Langmannersdorf Epiaurignacian site lies in the Perschling valley, nine km from the Danube, in Lower Austria. First small-scale excavations were undertaken between 1904 and 1920 followed by a systematic archaeological project in 1919-1920 by J. Bayer. The first monograph was … Continue reading

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