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Description: | Five flint flakes, produced by the Levallois core method. They all have retouched edges. 1) A small brownish-orange flake, missing only a tiny part of the tip. There are four main facets on the dorsal face. One edge has been pressure flaked almost all the way along, with a series of minute flakes. In the middle of this edge a rounded notch has been chipped out. This may have been intended to be set in a tool as part of a larger cutting edge. 38.57mm x 13.82mm x 6.18mm; 3.45g. 2) A flake with two main facets and one narrow on the dorsal face. The flake bears two areas of the outer cortex. Between these on one of the edges, is a short line of retouch, to make a very short, slightly concave cutting edge. Perhaps this was used for cutting something like sinew or maybe smoothing long narrow pieces of bone or wood such as arrows. The flint is blotchey green and black, and glossy. 45.11mm x 18.60mm x 7.41mm; 7.60g. 3) A roughly triangular flake, with two dorsal faces; one is mostly cortex.. The opposite edge has a line of retouch, made up of very small flakes. The flint is light grey and dull. 47.44mm x 21.26mm x 6.35mm; 4.11g. 4) A short flake with three main dorsal faces, and a hinge fracture at the lower edge. There is a short line of retouch on one edge, with a semicircular notch. The flint is dark grey and glossy. 36.04mm x 18.96mm x 5.60mm; 4.62g.5) A short ovate flake, with three dorsal facets. On curving edge has a line of small pressure flakes, along with a notch that may or may not result from natural damage. This flake is grey and glossy. 37.89mm x 25.06 x 5.21mm;5.58g.
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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