Tag Archives: Burin

Abri Castanet and the Aurignacian I in S/W-France

This is a double end-scraper and a burin from the Aurignacian I at Abri Castanet (Castelmerle), already introduced during an earlier post The Vallon des Roches (also called Vallon de Castelmerle) in Sergeac is a side valley of the Vézère, … Continue reading

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Bec de Perroquet burin from La Madeleine

This is a double Burin Bec de Perroquet from the Magdalenian VI at La Madeleine with one Bec broken. Usually so called “type-fossils” are only of limited chronological value during the Paleolithic, as extensively shown during the last 60 years. … 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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La Madeleine

The site of La Madeleine is a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley, commune of Tursac, in the Dordogne Department of France. When Lartet and Christy visited the Vézère valley, La Madeleine was among their first discoveries during the … Continue reading

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Gravettian with Noailles Burins

These are typical Noailles Burins from the Fourneau du Diable Site in the Dordogne. The upper paleolithic with Noailles Burins (Noaillian of Nicholas David or Périgordien Vc of Denis Peyrony) is considered to be an integral part of the Gravettian … Continue reading

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Burination continued

A dihedral burin and a scraper  (9 and 10 cm) from the Moravany region (“Willendorf-Kostenki culture”), The elegant dihedral burin shows marginal retouching on the proximal end, very probably for faciliating hafting of the artifact. The burin resembles  similar artifacts … Continue reading

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Burination

Burination and shouldering are hallmarks of the Willendorf-Kostenki technocomplex in Middle Europe. This is a shouldered burinated artifact made of local radiolarite from Moravany-Modrovka. We do not know, if this stone tool was originally intended to serve as a burin … Continue reading

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