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Description: | A Neolithic polished or ground flint axe. The axe is made from a mottled light grey flint on which small areas of cortex survive, particularly on one side. There is no obvious sign of recent damage and the polishing continues for most of the length of the axe. On one side, near the blade, is a flake scar whose surface retains gloss. Gloss is usually associated with the use of implements such as sickles, deriving from continual abrasion agaisnt corn. It is difficult to understand how the gloss arrived on this axe.
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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