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Description: | Lithic Implement: Blade of late Mesolithic or early Neolithic date, knapped from light grey flint. No cortex remains on the surface, and the flint is unpatinated. The blade is slightly twisted in profile. There is evidence for platform preporation and a bulb of percussion at the proximal end, and the dorsal surface of the proximal end has some scaring which is probably from previous flakes being removed from the surface of the flint, however it could be post depositional damage, as both blade edges appear to be damaged rather than retouched. The dorsal surface has three parallel ridges along its length. The blade is incomplete and has a worn transverse break, with the distal end of the blade missing. The surviving section of the blade is sub-rectangular in plan, and it has a sub-triangular cross-section. The blade is 47.54mm long, 21.76mm wide and 5.75mm thick. It weighs 7.76 grams.
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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