Microlith

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 11,000–9300 BCE

Medium: Flint

Dimensions: 0.35 x 1 in. (0.89 x 2.54 cm)

Classification: Stone-Implements

Culture: Natufian

Period: Natufian

Gift of H. Dunscombe Colt, 1953

Date range

-11000 – -9300

Largest dimension

2.5 cm

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