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Description: Late Upper Palaeolithic projectile points from the Pekárna cave site (Czech Republic). Collection Moravské Zemské Muzeum-Ústav Anthropos, Brno. (a) Medial-distal section of a mammoth ivory point (Inv.-No. P 21401). Note the lamellar structure due to the dentine cones. (b) Basal-distal section of an antler point (Inv.-No. P 21038). Note the compacta on the upper and the spongiosa on the lower side (Photographs S. J. Pfeifer).
Title: Projectile points made from mammoth ivory
Credit: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38779-1?f
Author: Sebastian J. Pfeifer, Wolfram L. Hartramph, Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke & Frank A. Müller
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