Back to results
435 de 958
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2612
Cau del Duc
Prehistory

Montgrí pick

MAC BCN-023126

Object type
pick
Production date
-350000 / -150000
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Cau del Duc
Materials
microgranite (?)
Township
Torroella de Montgrí (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Baix Empordà)
Technique
carving
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
165 x 90 x 55 mm
Description
Unifacial pointed utensil, identified as the "Pico de Montgrí"-type in traditional literature. It is made on a pebble from the River Ter that was fractured with a hammer stone to generate a pointed cutting edge in the distal part. It was unearthed during the excavations at Cau del Duc in Torroella by Matías Pallarès and Lluís Pericot in 1922. Initially attributed to the Mesolithic, further studies corrected the assignment by dating the bulk of the remains in the time of the transition between the lower and middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian).

Related objects