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Description: | Late Neolithic or Bronze Age lithic implement, possibly a blade or scraper. The item has been made on a relatively broad squat flake with a prominent bulb of percussion and large striking platform. Although almost half of the flake is formed of a cherty inclusion within the flint, it is a tertiary flake with no context remaining and prominent arrises from precious removals visible on the upper (dorsal) face. There is short, scaled retouch round the proximal end on both the upper and lower faces. There is short, scaled retouch on the left and right edges of the upper (dorsal) face which extends up the entire edge but is not continuous. There is also some short scaled retouch on the middle of the left edge on the lower (ventral) face.
The shape of the flake and the small amount of retouch suggests this is Late Neolithic-Bronze Age tool and may have been used casually as a scraper or blade. The more extensive retouch around the butt may relate to hafting, the way it was held or to an attempt to shape the tool more extensively which was not completed.
The flint is a very translucent pale brown with a large cream chert inclusion.
It is 46.5mm long, 28.1mm wide, 9.8mm thick and weighs 12.6 grams. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Taylor, Jeff | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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