Obsidian Tools and Chipping Debris. Dasht-i-Nawur. Ghazni Province.

1976
A surface scatter of obsidian tools and chipping debris collected at Dasht-i-Nawur dating from the Epipaleolithic between the end of the Palaeothic and the beginning of the Neolithic about 18 thousand years ago. This was the first reporting of obsidian in a prehistoric context in Afghanistan. Obsidian is a superb material for making tools for its cutting edges can be made sharper than were steel.
Photo: Louis Dupree

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Image Size: 6360x4276 / 6.8MB; 1976 Afghanistan Ghazni Dasht-i-Nawur Obsidian Tools Chipping Debris Palaeothic Louis Dupree Slide LD 1976 01836
Contained in galleries: NATIONAL MUSEUM I - BCE (Before Common Era)

1976<br />
A surface scatter of obsidian tools and chipping debris collected at Dasht-i-Nawur dating from the Epipaleolithic between the end of the Palaeothic and the beginning of the Neolithic about 18 thousand years ago. This was the first reporting of obsidian in a prehistoric context in Afghanistan. Obsidian is a superb material for making tools for its cutting edges can be made sharper than were steel. <br />
Photo: Louis Dupree