grattoir

grattoir

(ˈɡrætwɑː)
n
(Archaeology) archaeol a scraper made of flint
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(20) As the Encyclopedie explains: "car si le graveur en taille-douce doit en consequence de l'effet, regarder son burin comme un crayon noir; le graveur en maniere noire doit, en consequence de l'effet contraire, regarder le grattoir comme un crayon blanc" (VII, 902).
Certaines vitrines presentent des objets de la prehistoire amerindienne : pointes de projectiles, grattoirs et autres objets lithiques, outils en ivoire ou en andouiller.
On a trouve des residus sanguins sur cinq types d'artefacts: eclats retouches; grattoirs sur lame; burins faits d'eclats; bifaces; et nucleus microlames cuneiformes.
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