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Description: | Flint core for the production of blades and microliths dating from the later Mesolithic period (6500 - 3500 BC). The core is formed from a small nodule (probably a river pebble) with approximately 35% of the surface area being covered by a mid brown grey coloured cortex. The shape of the core is pyramidal with a clearly defined flat striking platform at the top of the core. Below this platform, around the side of the core are six distinct vertical, parallel sided, narrow scars or facets. This is evidence of blades being struck from the core. There is also evidence of two hinge fractures. The small size of the core and the presence of the hinge fractures probably resulted in it being discarded. It is likely that once the core's primary use was finished then it was heated as a 'pot boiler' resulting in the glassy and cracked appearance. Pot Boilers are thought to have been used to heat water or liquids. The exposed surfaces of the core are a mid milky grey colour. The core measures 24.4mm height, 21.9mm width, is 13.6mm thick and weighs 7.69 grams.
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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