Burin

Details

• Title

  Burin

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Dordogne › Laugerie Haute (place of excavation)

• Date

  Upper Palaeolithic Period (Western Europe) (c. 40,000 - 10,000 BC)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › burin (stone tool)

• Dimensions

  1.8 cm (width)
  7.8 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1959.65

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