Paleolithic flint
Type Artefacts
Usage data
- Type
- historical
- Specifications
- instrumental reuse
Protection scope
- historical-artistic
Title
- Paleolithic flint
Description
Flint is the most common prehistoric tool used as a weapon or as an implement, for cutting wood, game, and for scraping animal hides (for clothing and artifacts).
This artifact is preserved at the Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.
Technical features
- Blunt and chipped flint
Historical-critical notes
- It was found in 1898 in Paris during the excavation for the foundations of the Invalides Railway Station, 1898.
Conditions governing reproduction
The image and historical information are taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/
Function
- instrumental
Usage method
- weapons; tools; animal hide scraper