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Description: | A collection of seven worked flints (collective weight: 54.96g), as listed below: 1. One core rejuvenation flake, dating from the Mesolithic ?? Neolithic period between c. 8000 ?? 2200 BC. The flake has numerous dorsal scars and is struck off and ??rejuvenated??, therefore creating a fresh flaking bed on the core face, and prepares the core platform and face for further removals. 2. One core rejuvenation flake, dating from the Neolithic ?? Bronze Age period between c. 4000 ?? 2200 BC. As No. 1. 3. One piercer/ awl, dating to the Bronze Age between c. 2200 ?? 800 BC. A retouched form with a narrow projection used for piercing or for a rotating action. 4. One end and side scraper, dating to the Bronze Age between c. 2200 ?? 800 BC. There are multiple arrises on the dorsal and retouch on part of the distal and mesial edge. 5. One ??fabricator?? or rod on a long thin flake, dating to the late Neolithic ?? early Bronze Age between c. 3000 ?? 1800 BC. A D-shaped sectioned artefact which has been worked on both sides with coarse sporadic re-touch along the edges. 6. One miscellaneous worked piece, dating from the Bronze Age ?? late Iron Age between c. 2200 ?? 200 BC. 7. One miscellaneous worked piece, dating from the Bronze Age between 2200 ?? 800 BC. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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