Flint Point. Aq Kupruk, Balkh Province.

1980
Flint Point. The pride of place, however, were the 20,000 stunning flint points dating from the Upper Palaeolithic (18-20,000 BCE), found on a river terrace. The tools are made of a superb local raw-material of homogeneous modular flint found in abundance in the area. Furthermore, the excellence of these tools indicates a great improvement in working techniques. The implements are so beautifully worked that an eminent scholar of this period has pronounced the tool-makers of Aq Kupruk the Michelangelos of the Upper Palaeolithic.
Photo: Louis Dupree

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1980<br />
Flint Point. The pride of place, however, were the 20,000 stunning flint points dating from the Upper Palaeolithic (18-20,000 BCE), found on a river terrace. The tools are made of a superb local raw-material of homogeneous modular flint found in abundance in the area. Furthermore, the excellence of these tools indicates a great improvement in working techniques. The implements are so beautifully worked that an eminent scholar of this period has pronounced the tool-makers of Aq Kupruk the Michelangelos of the Upper Palaeolithic. <br />
Photo: Louis Dupree