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Description: | 33 Microliths Late Mesolithic The artefacts range from 24mm long, 8mm wide, 3mm thick, to 9mm long, 6mm wide, 1mm thick. most of the artefacts have two arrises, one on each side, there is one point in the group (24mm long, 8mm wide, 2mm thick), 7 blunted points, and 25 other styles of microliths. These artefacts could have been mounted on the shaft of an arrow and may represent evidence of hunting tools from the site. Most of the flints have a light grey patina and the rest an off white patina. These are part of a large assemblage of 511 flints. See GLO-BCDA95 for further information on the rest of the assemblage. See the following records for a more detailed description of all the various tool types in this assemblage. GLO-BD12D6 33 Microliths, Late Mesolithic. GLO-BD5887 168 Blades, Late Mesolithic. GLO-BDA977 Burnt flint, Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-BDE290 35 Miscellaneous Retouched Flint Tools, Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-F97CD6 21 notched backed blades, Late Mesolithic. GLO-F9B535 2 notched backed blades, Early Mesolithic. GLO-F9E575 4 notched backed artefacts, Late Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-FCF783 9 saws/serrated edge blades, Late Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-8F1425 42 Miscellaneous lithic artefacts, Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-8F6712 42 Burins, Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-8F92F3 97 fragments of debitage, Mesolithic-Neolithic. GLO-8FE667 12 flakes, Neolithic. GLO-9023A3 8 cores, Mesolithic - Neolithic. GLO-908724 18 points, Mesolithic - Neolithic. GLO-90C478 6 scrappers, Neolithic. GLO-A1B033 4 scrapers, Mesolithic (probably). GLO-A1D9B7 4 side and end scrapers, Mesolithic (probably). GLO-A1E2C4 Side scraper, Mesolithic (probably). GLO-A24824 Blade, Early Mesolithic.
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