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naturally backed knife

Also known as: naturally backed knife
Scope note: Flake tool on which a straight, low-angled 'knife' edge, formed by earlier removals from the dorsal surface, occurs opposite a high-angled, blunt edge formed by an unmodified natural surface.
Broader terms: flake; knife

5 related objects

flake; naturally backed knife

Museum number: 1937,0712.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41724 Middle Palaeolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mother Grundy's Parlour

naturally backed knife

Museum number: +.8011 |
Cultures/periods: x14387 Palaeolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mother Grundy's Parlour

naturally backed knife

Museum number: +.8135 |
Cultures/periods: x41724 Middle Palaeolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Robin Hood Cave

naturally backed knife

Museum number: +.8131 |
Cultures/periods: x41724 Middle Palaeolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Robin Hood Cave

naturally backed knife

Museum number: +.8127 |
Cultures/periods: x41724 Middle Palaeolithic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Robin Hood Cave