Accession No
Z 25764.2
Description
Quartz point.
Place
Europe; France; Nouvelle Aquitaine; Correze; Brive-la-Gaillarde; Chez Pourret
Period
Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian
Source
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée des Antiquités Nationales; Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie Nationale
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 25764.2; 54485 [MAN Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Quartz
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A small list produced by the MAN is kept in the box and reads: 'Chez Pourret (Brives). 2 pièces 54485; 1 pièce 54487; 2 pièces 54488; 3 pièces 54490; 2 pièces 54495; 2 pièces 54501; 1 pièce 54505; 1 pièce 54506. 14 pièces'. Added in pencil is a 'Z' or 'ζ' (Greek letter 'Zeta').
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 25764: [One of] 'Fourteen mousterian implements including points, racloir (?) and quartz/chalcedony scraper tool.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in yellow ink: 'Z 54485 [MAN number] POURRET'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'ζ' [Greek letter zeta].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Related Documents)
The collection deposited by the Musée des Antiquités Nationales in St Germain en Laye was examined by Guillaume Goujon and Nathalie Baills-Talbi in 2006. They created a list of MAN objects on deposit at MAA since 1919 [see Loan Files].
Event Date 2006
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Quartz point.
Event Date 26/9/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
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