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Description: | Incomplete snapped flint blade of probable Mesolithic date (6000BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The flint is relatively coarse and may be chert rather than true flint. The bulb of percussion and striking platform are lost. The front face of the blade (dorsal face) has a number of clear facets and ridges. There is an area of relative recent damage on the lower edge and base. It is difficult to assess retouch as the blade has been rolled in the ploughsoil and any retouch has been masked by modern hinge fractures. There is no evidence of cortex (rough outer skin of the flint) on the blade suggesting that the flake was produced during the later life of the core after the cortex had been removed. The flint is a pale white -yellow colour with a number of flaws in the matrix. The source of flint is difficult to ascertain; much of the local flint is procured from glacial and riverine sources. The blade measures 55.8mm length, 25.8mm width, is 8.6mm thick and weighs 15.48 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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