Gravette tip

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Gravette tip (drawing to clarify the processing)

The gravette point (also gravette point ) is a narrow, tapered blade , mostly made of flint , with a steep back retouching (right edge in the drawing). The retouching of the back served as a shaft for gluing into a device or tool shaft made of wood or bone ( sickle ). The retouching is often distal , tapered to a point and only rarely applied proximally (see knock-off features ). This suggests its use as reinforcement for spears or arrows .

Another form of the gravette tip is the microgravette tip, which is defined by a length of less than 50 or less than 30 mm.

Gravette points are the leading form of the older Gravettia approx. 31,000 to 25,000 years ago, or the Périgordien IV, a culture of the Upper Paleolithic . The term “Pointe de la Gravette” was introduced in 1906 by Henri Breuil .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Hahn : Recognizing and determining stone and bone artifacts. Introduction to artifact morphology (= Archaeologica venatoria. 10). Institute for Prehistory and others, Tübingen 1991, ISBN 3-921618-31-2 , p. 197.
Gravette tip from the Aurignacia