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Description: | Small segment of a snapped flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC) The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and profile and consists of the lower part of a blade. The bulb of percussion has been snapped off, and this end has been roughly trimmed. The opposite end has also been trimmed, but this has been achieved by more careful knapping. The two long vertical sides have both been reworked / retouched on both the upper and lower surfaces of the blade. The right hand edge seems to have been reworked more comprehensively than the left; there is a higher density of retouch on this side. There are also a number of scars on the blade presumably caused by damage in the plough soil. This damage affects the knapped end more than the sides. The flint is a mid brown grey colour with a seam of white running through it. When held up to the light a number of flaws can be seen in it. This suggests that the flint might have come from a riverine or glacial source rather than from an area where flint occurs more frequently, for example the chalk downlands in the south of England.
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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