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Description: | 8 lithic implements 1, Side and end scraper; Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal, bulb of percussion on the ventral. Forward and left side have scaled, semi-abrupt, direct retouch, this retouch is very crude. Light grey colour with lighter patches. Date Bronze Age-Late Iron Age. 2, Leaf-shaped arrowhead. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal, no Bulb of percussion on the ventral, but the emanating ripples are pronounced and tightly packed. direct, short, low angled retouch running down the right side, the left side has inverse semi-abrupt retouch. Light grey colour with darker patches, patina has started to form. 3, Tranchet arrow head. Bulb of percussion at the base of the ventral. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal. The forward edge is rounded with short, scaled, direct retouch. Light grey patina with slightly darker patches. Date Late Neolithic. 4, Semicircular Scraper. Multiple flaking scars on the ventral. Scaled, abrupt, direct retouch along three sides, this retouch is very crude. Light grey colour with darker patches. Date Bronze Age. 5, Side scraper. Bulb of percussion on the ventral, the left side has scaled, abrupt, inverse retouch. Dark grey colour, patina has started to form, the retouch has removed the patina. Date Bronze Age. This was originally a waste flake, possibly Neolithic that was reused and reworked in the Bronze Age as a scraper. 6, Awl. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal and ventral. The forward edge has been knapped into a point with short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch, the right side is inverse, the left side is bifacial. Grey colour with lighter patches, less than 5% cortex on the base. Date Late Bronze Age. 7, Notch. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal and ventral. The top of the right side has a notch, 5mm long, knapped into it, this has inverse, long, sub-parallel flaking scars that are crudely struck. Grey flint with darker and lighter mottling. Date Bronze Age, this is a reused waste flake. 8, Truncated piece. The object is triangular in plan, with one curved edge, the original purpose of this object is uncertain but there is low-angled, parallel retouch along the curved edge. The other two edges have been truncated, as has the ventral, all show signs of frost damage. There is a creamy patina over the whole of the artefact, so all breaks are old. Date possibly Neolithic.
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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