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Description: | Two waste flake from flint knapping. The flakes were brought in together with SUSS-889A55, SUSS-87C544, SUSS-897B90 and SUSS-89B307. There is no evidence that they came from the same knapping episode. Both are secondary flakes from roughing out a flint nodule for working. A date range of Mesolithic to Bronze Age has been given as we cannot be sure they are associated and individually they are not very datable.The first flake (looking left to right on the photograph) has a small bulb of percussion with multiple bulb scars. It was struck as c.50 degrees from the striking platform and has c.30% cortex remaining. It is 32.0mm long, 32.3mm wide, 7.5mm thick and weighs 6.7g.The second flake has a prominent bulb of percussion and was struck from a well prepared platform. It was struck as c.45 degrees from the striking platform and has c.35% cortex remaining. It is 44.6mm long, 36.1mm wide, 12.0mm thick and weighs 15.8g.
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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