A collection of Neanderthal artifacts
Ancient Fontmaure
Remnants of Neanderthal culture in West Central France
JASPER & FLINT
animal forms
fishes
t. : 11 cm/ pointed tool with notch
quadruped
boar head / venus, imaginative Appreciation of Natural Patterns (iANP)
bird heads
T: 4 cm/ borer
quadrupeds ( bizon heads)
TL: 5 cm/ alternate scraper
quadrupeds ( bizon heads)
L: sidescraper (10,5 cm )
quadrupeds (bizons)
T L.: flake (8,5 cm)
quadrupeds ( canines)
T: (borer (6,5 cm)
quadrupeds ( deer-like heads)
TL: double borer (4 cm)
quadrupeds ( feline heads)
TL: straight single sidescraper (3,5 cm)
quadruped (feline,
end-scraper (22,5 cm)
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animal forms
flying birds
TR: multifunctional tool (5,5 cm)
quadruped
horse, imaginative Appreciation of Natural Patterns (iANP) (9 cm)
quadrupeds ( mammoth heads)
L: 8,5 cm
quadruped
mammoth head (8,5 cm )
quadrupeds ( mammoths)
TL: )notch (5,5 cm)
sitting / standing birds
L.: multifunctional tool (5,5 cm)
quadrupeds ( hedgehogs)
L: 7,5 cm /R: 6,5 cm (fragment of biface)
quadrupeds ( hyena’s head, 8 cm)/ scraper with notch
quadrupeds ( bears)
L: 7 cm/ flake
quadrupeds (bear, 7 cm) atypical scraper
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animal forms
quadrupeds ( bear head)/ borer
quadrupeds ( bear heads)
L: 6 cm/ multifunctional tool
quadrupeds ( bear heads)
L: 4 cm)/ denticulate
quadrupeds ( bears) R: 5,5 cm/ scraper
quadrupeds ( bear, 7 cm)/ scraper with notch
