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Description: | A retouched flint flake which is not a specific tool form. It probably dates from the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods. The flake is triangular in section and has sub-rectangular faces. Some cortex remains on both ends of the flake. Each face of the flake seems to have been struck from a different direction. There is a small area of semi-abrupt retouch on one edge, and slight platform preparation marks on another edge. The third edge is not worked and has cortex surviving. The flint is a yellowish grey colour. It is 36.6mm long, 19.1mm wide and 16.8mm thick. Retouched flakes such as this may have been quickly made and used for a job which did not require a specific recognisable tool which would have taken more time and effort to make, and then discarded (Butler, 2005). Examples with surviving cortex are more commonly found in Neolithic contexts (Butler, 2005), so this piece could be more likely to date from 3500BC to 2100BC.
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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