Affiliation:
1. Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education
2. Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno
Abstract
The Emireh point is a triangular point, which distinctive bulb of percussion was eliminated with bifacial thinning applied to proximal part of the artefact. This point is a characteristic tool for the Emiran industries and up to yet reported from Levantine sites only. Recently, an isolated Emireh point was excavated at Bohunician site Ořechov IV in South Moravia, ca 3,000 km as the crow flies from Levantine sites.
Publisher
Archeologicky ustav AV CR, Brno, v. v. i.
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