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" Laurel Leaf " - spear point

Upper Paleolithic

National Museum of Archaeology

National Museum of Archaeology
Lisboa, Portugal

" Laurel Leaf " - spear point. “Laurel leaf” (spearhead) in zoned, hematitic jaspoid flint. Solutrean. Upper Paleolithic.

Spearheads in the shape of the laurel leaf are characteristic of Solutrean, a culture of the Upper Paleolithic of Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula and Western France) .

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  • Title: " Laurel Leaf " - spear point
  • Date Created: Upper Paleolithic
  • Location: National Museum of Archaeology
  • Provenance: Cambelas. Vale de Almoinha, Portugal
  • Rights: ADF/DGPC
  • Medium: Jasper
  • Art Movement: Upper Paleolithic
National Museum of Archaeology

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