Paleolithic Arrow head - 50 mm
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Set of seven pedunculated lithic tools from the Atérien industry (Middle Paleolithic) of Moroccan origin, each approximately 50 × 50 × 15 mm, in excellent condition, acquired in 1980 from Galerie/Antiquaire (previous owner from Maroc in 1970).
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Description from the seller
Here is a set of 7 tools typical of the Aterian industry, characterized by the systematic presence of peduncles allowing hafting. These tools attest to remarkable technological sophistication for the Middle Paleolithic, with complex behaviors including the use of symbols (adornments) and an adaptation to a Saharan environment that was then more humid.
The Aterian is a lithic industry of the Middle Paleolithic covering North Africa and the Sahara.
It owes its name to the eponymous site of Bir el-Ater, located 87 km south of Tébessa, in Algeria, described by Maurice Reygasse in 1922.
The great peculiarity is the manufacture of "pedunculated" tools intended to be hafted.
Period: between 145,000 and 30,000 years before our era.
The sites multiply from around 130,000 years when the climate becomes more favorable.
This industry disappeared about 30,000 years ago.
Some date the Aterian in a range going from 45,000 to 25,000 years ago.
The Aterian extends across all of North Africa:
Mauritania (Nouadhibou region)
Morocco (Grotte des Pigeons, Ifri n'Ammar, Dar es-Soltan, Taforalt)
Algeria (Bir el-Ater, Aïn Tagourait, Kharouba near Mostaganem, Arzew)
Tunisia
Niger (Seggedim, Adrar Bous)
Libya (Fezzan, Garat el-Mal)
Egypt (Egyptian Sahara, Bir Tefawi, oasis of Al-Kharga)
Use of Levallois debitage to produce flakes and blades
Association of the implementation of Levallois debitage with the making of diversified tools
Manufacture by direct percussion on a hard hammer
Main characteristics of the tools
THE PEDUNCLE - Signature of the Aterian
All these pieces bear at their base a narrowing called the peduncle
The peduncle allows hafting of the tool on a handle or a shaft
This is the first evidence of a peduncle on a projectile point
Almost all points are pedunculated and bear wear traces
Here is a set of 7 tools typical of the Aterian industry, characterized by the systematic presence of peduncles allowing hafting. These tools attest to remarkable technological sophistication for the Middle Paleolithic, with complex behaviors including the use of symbols (adornments) and an adaptation to a Saharan environment that was then more humid.
The Aterian is a lithic industry of the Middle Paleolithic covering North Africa and the Sahara.
It owes its name to the eponymous site of Bir el-Ater, located 87 km south of Tébessa, in Algeria, described by Maurice Reygasse in 1922.
The great peculiarity is the manufacture of "pedunculated" tools intended to be hafted.
Period: between 145,000 and 30,000 years before our era.
The sites multiply from around 130,000 years when the climate becomes more favorable.
This industry disappeared about 30,000 years ago.
Some date the Aterian in a range going from 45,000 to 25,000 years ago.
The Aterian extends across all of North Africa:
Mauritania (Nouadhibou region)
Morocco (Grotte des Pigeons, Ifri n'Ammar, Dar es-Soltan, Taforalt)
Algeria (Bir el-Ater, Aïn Tagourait, Kharouba near Mostaganem, Arzew)
Tunisia
Niger (Seggedim, Adrar Bous)
Libya (Fezzan, Garat el-Mal)
Egypt (Egyptian Sahara, Bir Tefawi, oasis of Al-Kharga)
Use of Levallois debitage to produce flakes and blades
Association of the implementation of Levallois debitage with the making of diversified tools
Manufacture by direct percussion on a hard hammer
Main characteristics of the tools
THE PEDUNCLE - Signature of the Aterian
All these pieces bear at their base a narrowing called the peduncle
The peduncle allows hafting of the tool on a handle or a shaft
This is the first evidence of a peduncle on a projectile point
Almost all points are pedunculated and bear wear traces
Details
Era
Before 1400
Culture
Paleolithic
Country of origin
Morocco
Century/timeframe
Atérien
Acquired from
Gallery / Antique dealer
Condition
Excellent
Year acquired
1980
Country acquired from
Morocco
Height
50 mm
Previous owner acquired from
Gallery / Antique dealer
Width
50 mm
Previous owner - year acquired
1970
Depth
15 mm
Previous owner - country acquired from
Morocco
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