Very Nice Serrated Blade, Mousterian Start Price USD 46.00 Current Price USD 46.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 14, 2008 Location Germany See more about 'Very Nice Serrated Blade, Mousterian' Description Very Nice Serrated Blade, Mousterian   DescriptionType: serrated Levallois bladePaleolithic Period, Industry: Middle Paleolithic: Mousterian Dating: from approx. 130.000 B.C. / stage 6 of the oxygen-isotope chronology up to approx. 40.000 B.C.Description: Size: length 4,6 cm Shape, Retouch: a fine regular Levallois blade: it’s right edge presents a carefully made serrated retouch, the left edge has a fine, continuous retouch. A reduction (blunting) is made at this edge, proximal part, on the interior side. Please see and compare with the other serrated tools also listed Raw-material: flint, entirely creamy white patinated Preservation: very well, no modern damages. Some matrix from the original site layer still adheres to the reduction face. It can be removed with acid, but we think it is a fine additional proof of authenticity of the artifact.  Additional Information, Literature: denticulates are, along with notches and scrapers, the most commonly occuring types in European Mousterian. They are classifiable into many different types and represent one of the most important aspects of variability among Mousterian assemblages. A continuum of variability has been suggested by Debenath, Dibble (Handbook of Paleolithic Typology, Vol. I, p. 107), with notches at one end, grading into denticulated and serrated pieces, and the scraper at the other end. But a continuously denticulated edge can also grade into a scraper retouch. So it seems that these classes of tools are not only highly variable in morphology but also fairly complex in terms of technology and function as well. Origin, Site: a famous Paleolithic site in the valley of a tributary of the Dordogne river, Dept. Dordogne, France, occupied by the Neanderthal (s)We have been listing more interesting paleolithic artifacts, please have a look! Do you have questions? Don’t you find what you look for among our offers? Do you look for something particular, special or exceptional? Please send an email! Shipping policy: we ship internationally (worldwide). Buyer pays actual shipping charges, no handling fee. Above mentioned rate, $ 9.10, is for 100 grams registered air-mail from Germany to USA and most other overseas destinations. Shipping within Europe is cheaper, please inquire. We combine items to save on shipping costs! Details will be settled with the buyer individually.About us: we are no traders, but we are selling only out of the own old collection. We guarantee for authenticity of our artifacts. On request we inform high bidders about provenance of the artifacts and we provide with additional site information and dating (if available), taken from scientific literature.  Payment:[/PAYMENTINFO]      bachita Store Place a Bid!