KM324 (Prehistoric Chert Flake) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Chert, cryptocrystalline, very high quality, semitranslucent, reddish gray (5YR 5/2) with sparse, cloudy inclusions.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Flaked Stone Tool
Description
Secondary noncortical flake. Side and end scraper. Proximal end removed by large flake; series of scalar invasive scars, most flat but some steep. Left edge has large, deep, dorsal flake scar. Retouch on distal edge is direct, marginal, large, irregular. Retouch on the right edge is direct, marginal, medium, irregular. Scraper facets on distal and right edges, with rounded corner at right distal.
Preservation description
Incomplete; snapped on two sides.
Published as
Kardulias2022, pp. 1217, 1222, 1223, no. 934, fig. 26.1
Length
0.0239
Thickness
0.0078
Weight (kg)
0.00768
Width
0.031
Belongs to Historical Period
Bronze Age (Historical Period)
Material
Chert (Material)
Drawing
Photograph