• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Wonders of the Peak

Buxton Museum & Art Gallery

  • Objects
    • Search by Location
    • Dig!
    • My Museum
    • Go Mobile
  • Facts & Stories
    • Search by Location
    • Choose a Theme
    • View Films
    • Go Mobile
  • Artworks
  • News
  • The Museum
    • Shop
    • Partners
    • Learning
  • My Wonders
    • My Museum

Flint side scraper

DERSB : 9581

Flint side scraper found at Ravencliffe Cave, Cressbrook, around 40,000 years old.

The flint knapping method used to make this stone tool is known as the Mousterian, which is closely associated with Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis). Neanderthals living in Derbyshire at this time were probably following herds of migrating animals. The bones of mammoth, woolly rhino and reindeer were also discovered at Ravencliffe Cave.

Additional information

  • Description: width 40mm; length 90mm; depth mm; diameter mm
  • Rights: Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 Buxton Museum and Art Gallery (part of Derbyshire County Council)

Wonders linked to this object:

Neanderthals in Derbyshire

An ancient stone tool reveals evidence of Neanderthals in the Peak District

(read more)

Footer

Did you know ...

© 2022 Derbyshire County Council (DCC) unless otherwise attributed
Unless otherwise indicated, DCC content is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License
Creative Commons Licence
Produced by Ben Bedwell and powered by WordPress | Status