© Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
Omeka ID 3549
Cova del Reclau Viver
Prehistory

Serinyadell projectile point

MACB 329-306

Object type
projectile point
Production date
-18000 / -15000
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Cova del Reclau Viver
Materials
flint
Township
Serinyà
Technique
carving
Where is it?
-
Dimensions
60 x 18 x 4 mm
Description
Flint point, with flat retouching on both sides, therefore described as bifacial, and finished with an offset peduncle that gives it a characteristic asymmetric appearance. The relative abundance of these objects in the Reclau caves (Reclau Viver, Arbreda and Davant Pau), has made them known as Serinyadell points, although several very morphologically similar objects are known in the Cantabrian area and in southwest France. In origin, these implements were fixed to a shaft and it is thought they were used as projectile points for hunting. They are representative of the Solutrean period.