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Description: | A flint snapped bladelet which is probably Mesolithic. Bladelets were worked further to create microliths, usually by making a notch before snapping the bladelet. This example is snapped, but was not notched first. It is not clear whether the blade was broken accidentally or whether snapping without notching is a different way of making microliths (Butler, 2005, page 88). This example is the sub-rectangular proximal end of a bladelet with many flaking scars on the dorsal face. The distal end is snapped. The fragment has not been retouched. It is 21.5mm long, 9.7mm wide and 2.8mm thick. The flint is light grey in colour, with areas of dark grey and a lighter stripe on the ventral face. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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