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Description: | 9 lithic implements.
1, Backed knife, length 27mm, width 21mm, thickness 7mm. One arise on the dorsal, hard hammered bulb on the ventral. The left side has abrupt, sub-parallel, direct retouch, the right blade is worn. Light grey patina. Date Neolithic.
2, Truncated blade, length 15mm, width 9mm, thickness 3mm. This is the middle part, one arise on the dorsal which splits into two halfway down, ventral missing. Light grey patina, mid grey exposed in the breaks. Date Late Mesolithic.
3, Primary flake, length 38mm width 13mm, thickness 10mm. Dark grey coloured flint, creamy cortex, about 70% cortex remaining, there are flaking scars along edge but this damage not retouch. Date prehistoric. This is a waste flake from the manufacturing process.
4, Three Secondary flakes, average size length 20mm width 11mm, thickness 6mm. Light grey patina, all have less than 50% cortex remaining. Date Prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.
5, Tertiary flake, length 18mm width 13mm, thickness 4mm. Dark grey colour, multiple flaking scars over surface. Date prehistoric. This is a waste flakes from the manufacturing process. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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