Flaked pick. Unifacial knapping produced by direct percussion with bidirectional removals of curved profile, preserving approximately one third of the cortex. Edge without a sharp cutting edge, with eroded margins.
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Pick
Origin
Unknown
Material
Quartzite. Water-worn pebble of fluvial origin, white in colour (L73).
Description
Classification and chronology
Pick / Epipalaeolithic | Mesolithic (?).
Dimensions
Maximum length: 89 mm; Maximum width: 56 mm; Maximum thickness: 47 mm; Weight: 223,4 gr.
Deposit
MMAP, n.º X, 286.
Bibli.
MOREIRA 2007, 47, n.º 8; 2013, 35-36; 2014, 165-166.
Artefact belonging to the core Abade Pedrosa collection, for which records of provenance, archaeological context and associated historical information are unknown. Well documented in the region, particularly in coastal sites (gravel deposits), the characteristic Epipalaeolithic / Mesolithic assemblage — including picks — reflects strong continuity with earlier technological traditions and belongs typologically to the macrolithic complexes typical of the north-western Iberian coast.
