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Description: | Grey patinated flint implement of Mesolithic date (10,000BC-4,0000BC). Length 79mm, maximum width 65mm and maximum thickness 12mm. Weight 51.29g. Plano-convex in transverse cross-section The implement can be classified as a flake axe (Nordquist B, 2000). Viewed in plan the axe is roughly triangular in shape. It has a slender and rounded butt end and the sides, which are slightly concave, flare outwards to form a cutting edge which is convex in profile. The flake has been bi-facially knapped to form its shape. However, the ventral surface has been worked to a greater extent than the dorsal surface. The edges have received more carefully executed secondary working and the cutting edge is particularly steep. The two ends of the cutting edge are rounded in a similar manner to that of the butt end.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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