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Description: | A collection of seven worked flints (collective weight: 54.96g), as listed below:1. One core rejuvenation flake, dating from the Mesolithic - Neolithic period between c. 8000 - 2200 BC. The flake has numerous dorsal scars and is struck off and 'rejuvenated', therefore creating a fresh flaking bed on the core face, and prepares the core platform and face for further removals.2. One core rejuvenation flake, dating from the Neolithic - Bronze Age period between c. 4000 - 2200 BC. As No. 1.3. One piercer/ awl, dating to the Bronze Age between c. 2200 - 800 BC. A retouched form with a narrow projection used for piercing or for a rotating action.4. One end and side scraper, dating to the Bronze Age between c. 2200 - 800 BC. There are multiple arrises on the dorsal and retouch on part of the distal and mesial edge.5. One 'fabricator' or rod on a long thin flake, dating to the late Neolithic - early Bronze Age between c. 3000 - 1800 BC. A D-shaped sectioned artefact which has been worked on both sides with coarse sporadic re-touch along the edges.6. One miscellaneous worked piece, dating from the Bronze Age - late Iron Age between c. 2200 - 200 BC.7. One miscellaneous worked piece, dating from the Bronze Age between 2200 - 800 BC.
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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