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Description: | A collection of five worked flints. Four of the flints are simply waste flints which have been produced when a flint knapper struck off the initial flakes from a core in order to make a tool. One of the flints appears to be an incomplete tool. Top row (left - right). 1) This incomplete flint tool weighs 15.7g. Both the dorsal and the ventral surfaces of this flint have had many flakes previously removed from it. There is also some evidence of retouch along the cutting edges of the flint. The tool has not been finished. The flint looks worn and abraded. The cutting edges are no longer sharp. The flint from which this tool has been made is a dark greyish-black colour. 2) A waste flint flake which has had previous flakes removed from its surface. A bulb of percussion is still in situ as is the striking platform. Ripples can also be seen radiating away from the bulb of percussion. 5% of the flake is still covered in the natural cortex. This flake weighs 4.9g. 3) A waste flint flake. 80% of the dorsal surface is still covered in the natural cortex. The ventral surface still has a bulb of percussion; a striking platform (with perhaps some evidence of platform preparation) and ripples can be seen radiating down from the bulb. This flake weighs 9.2g. 4) A waste flint flake. 50% of the dorsal surface is still covered in the natural cortex. The ventral surface still has a bulb of percussion; a striking platform (with perhaps some evidence of platform preparation) and ripples can be seen radiating down from the bulb. This flake weighs 15.4g. 5) A waste flint flake. 95% of the dorsal surface is still covered in the natural cortex. The ventral surface still has a bulb of percussion; a striking platform and ripples can be seen radiating down from the bulb. This flake weighs 5.9g. This collection appears to date from the Mesolithic period through to the Late Neolithic (c. BC 10500-2000).
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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