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Description: | Retouched blade with heavy chalk patination. This is a secondary blade with c.30% cortex remaining. Some cortex remains on the striking platform suggesting this was a core preperation flake but there is retouch on the left hand side of the lower, ventral face towards the distal end suggesting creation of an informal tool. The retouch is short, semi-abrupt and scaled. It starts 20.5mm down the side, measuring from the promial end and runs to within 5.8mm of the distal end.
The diffuse waves and striking platform suggest a soft hammer was used to prepare this blade. The use of a soft hammer to create a relatively large, squat blade suggests an early Neolithic date.
The blade is 52.6mm long, 26.2mm wide, 8.2mm thick and weighs 13.1g.
Handed in with SUSS-785F80 which may or may not be related. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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