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Description: | Assemblage of lithics. From left to right, top to bottom: ROW 1 (a) small thumbnail scraper, proximal end broken off, c.70% cortex, dark grey chert, short retouch around the distal end and the right dorsal side, weight 1.35g; (b) small thumbnail scraper, hinge fracture on distal end, short retouch around the ventral proximal end and right side, dark grey flint, weight 1.02g; (c) flint core, roughly cuboid, numerous overlapping flake scars, mottled brown/yellow/white flint, on surface c. 70% cortex, weight 6.99g; (d) leaf shaped arrowhead fragment, the butt end is missing, covering retouch on one surface, long retouch on the other, light brown/fawn flint with some dark brown & orange mottling, weight 1.12g; (e) flint flake or possibly a boring tool, probably hard hammer, rounded then tapering to a sharp point at the distal end, six flake scars on the dorsal surface, no definite retouch, light brown/fawn flint with some cream & orange mottling, weight 2.42g; ROW 2 (f) flint flake, proximal and distal ends missing, probably soft hammer, five flake scars on the dorsal surface, some apparent retouch in the middle of both of the ventral sides, although this could also have be caused by wear (John Lord pers comm), also some possible retouch/wear on the ?proximal end, light brown/fawn flint with some crean mottling, weight 4.68g; (g) flake/blade, soft hammer, three flake scars on the dorsal surface, no retouch, mottled orange/brown flint weight 0.61g; (h) flake/blade fragment, proximal end snapped off, 20% cortex on distal end, three flake scars on dorsal, light grey/brown flint, weight 0.91g; (i) flake/blade fragment, distal end snapped off, soft hammer, two flake scars on the dorsal surface, 50% cortex, light grey brown flint, weight 0.85g; (j) blade fragment, both ends snapped off, two flake scars on the dorsal surface, dark grey chert, weight 0.85g; (k) flake, leaf shaped, soft hammer, scar on the bulb, up to four flake scars on the dorsal surface, mottled dark/light brown flint, weight 1.10g; ROW 3 (l) irreguar flake, mottled light/dark grey flint, weight 1.32g; (m) flake, soft hammer, four flake scars on dorsal, c.20% cortex (on left dorsal side), mottled light/dark grey flint, sandy cortex, weight 1.66g; (n) irregular flake, mid brown flint, weight 1.40g; (o) irregular flake, mottled light/dark grey chert, weight 6.78g; (p) flake, hard hammer, bulb scar, four flake scars on dorsal, mottled light/drak grey chert, weight 5.68g.
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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