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Description: | 10 lithic implements 1, Side scraper; No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Right side has scaled, abrupt, direct retouch. Mid grey colour with darker patches. Date Bronze Age. 2, Truncated piece; No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Left side of the dorsal has long, low angled, direct retouch. The dorsal has a thick creamy patina, the whole of the ventral has been truncated revealing dark grey flint, the break is probably plough damage. Date Prehistoric. 3, Blade; Two arises down the centre of the dorsal. No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Short inverse retouch down both sides. Light grey patina. Date Neolithic. The forward edge has been retouched, exposing the mid grey flint, this retouch is probably Bronze Age. 4, Leaf-shaped arrowhead; Flaking scars covering the dorsal, no bulb of percussion on the ventral. Bifacial retouch on either side. Very dark grey flint. Date Neolithic. 5, Semicircular Scraper; Slight bulb of percussion at the base of the ventral. Crude scaled, abrupt, direct retouch along three sides. Creamy patina. Date Bronze Age 6, Miscellaneous retouched piece. Multiple on the dorsal, retouched on two sides with short, semi-abrupt, direct flaking scars. Light grey patina, the retouch has removed the patina. Date Bronze Age. 7, Secondary flake; Creamy patina, 50% cortex remaining. Date Prehistoric. This is a waste flake from the manufacturing process. 8, Blade; Two arises on the dorsal. Soft hammered bulb on the ventral. 5% cortex in the right side. Mid grey colour with patina forming. Date Neolithic. 9, Truncated piece; No bulb of percussion on the ventral. Short, inverse low angled retouch on the right side, this has removed the patina. Creamy patina, the butt is broken exposing grey flint. Date probably Bronze Age. 10, End Scraper; Slight bulb of percussion at the base of the ventral, forward edge has scaled, abrupt, direct retouch. Dark grey flint, creamy patina starting to form. Date Bronze Age.
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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