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2014-04-03 08:55:28   •   ID: 1138

Burinated Artifact at Moravany-Modrovka

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Burination and shouldering are hallmarks of the Willendorf-Kostenki technocomplex in Middle Europe. This is a shouldered and burinated artifact is made on local radiolarite from Moravany-Modrovka, a surface cluster in the Vah Valley (eastern Slovakia).

We do not know, if this stone tool was originally intended to serve as a burin for graving, scraping and other purposes. In this case, the shouldered part of the artifact could have been used for hafting purposes.

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It may also be possible, that the burin blows were made in preparation of a the tip of a shouldered point, typical for the late Gravettian of the region ("Willendorf-Kostenki complex")

Burination on the other hand could have been simply used for the rejuvenation of a used tool (for example a broken shouldered Willendorf-Kostenki point).

In another scenario this artifact was simply discarded after an initial step of tool manufacture that was not completed.

provenance: Legacy Bachmayer / NHM



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