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Description: | Three core rejuvenation flakes, dating to the late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic period (circa 6300-2500 BC). 1) 47.4g 2) 43.1g 3) 12.5g. The smallest flake has been illustrated, see attached. These flakes are formed when a core can no longer have flakes removed from it due to the angles on the striking platform. In order to make the core usable again the flint knapper would remove a flat flake from across the top of the core to ??tidy up?? the striking platform and make it usable again. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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