National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Sickle 
Period: Natufian
Material: Flint,Worked Bone
Site: Me`arat ha-Nahal
Lenght: 8.1 cm
Wide: 2 cm
Description: Fragment of a sickle composed of a bone haft and a two flint blades stuck in a groove
Bibliography:
Garrod D.A.E. 1932. A New Mesolithic Industry: The Natufian of Palestine. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Periodical LXII: 257-269, Pl.XXII;Fig.2.
Garrod D.A.E. 1937. Mugharet el-Wad. Archaeological Material. Layer B. In Garrod D. and Bate D. (eds.), The Stone Age of Mount Carmel. Vol.I. Oxford, 29-57, Pl.XIII;1:2.

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Sickle  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski

Sickle  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski





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