Gravettian Flake End Scraper
Working hard materials
Gravettian
34 000 to 25 000 years
The “Gravette” end scraper is made on a large, flat flake and bears a heavily retouched scraper edge…it can be found in certain Gravettian assemblages…
P.-Y. Demars et P. Laurent, Types d’outils du Paléolithique supérieur en Europe. Cahiers du quaternaire, C.N.R.S. 1989.
Commentary :
Gravettian lithic industries are characterized by the production of high quality flint blades.
The Gravettian flake end scraper is generally made on a sub-circular flake, selected from the waste products of blade production. The selected flake must have an active edge that is both sharp and robust.
The flake end scraper completes the range of different scraper types, used during the Gravettian period.
This tool is used to slice and scrape hard animal or plant materials, such as bone, dry skins, sinew, antler or wood.