Flake Tool, Middle Paleolithic, ca. 90,000–35,000 B.C., From Egypt, Western Desert; Kharga Oasis, Beledeh District, W and NW of Christian necropolis, surface find, 1908–10, Flint, H. 7 x W. 5.4 x Th. 1.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/8 x 11/16 in.), This tool was created from a flake knocked off from a larger core. There are no obvious signs of working, but one side (lower edge in photograph) appears to have been used, perhaps as a scraper. Flake tools, especially those showing the Levallois technique, and not core tools, characterize the Middle Paleolithic Period (90,000-35,000 B
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Flake Tool, Middle Paleolithic, ca, 90, 000–35, 000 B.C, Egypt, Western Desert, Kharga Oasis, Beledeh District, W, NW, Christian necropolis, surface find, 1908–10, Flint, H, 7 x W, 5.4 Th, 1.7 cm, 2 3/4 2 1/8 11/16, tool, created, flake knocked, off, larger core, no obvious, signs, working, side, lower edge, photograph, perhaps, scraper, tools, showing, Levallois technique, core, characterize, Period, 000-35, B
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