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Description: | Three Mesolithic cores blade and bladelet cores. Numbers refer to the cores going left to right on the photographs.1) This was probably a large waste flake that has been reused as a source of bladelets. Roughly worked on one side with c.30% cortext remaining; possibly natural spalling and shatter. The other has been worked with shallow invasive removals from each end. Any prepared platforms at either end have been removed, possibly by later frost shatter/spalling. The lack of working on the dorsal face suggests the intended product was the removals rather than a shaped tool. The flint is pale grey with darker inclusions. Weight: 68g, Length: 62.44mm, Width: 38.16mm, Thickness: 26.83mm. 2) Core with a prepared platform and triangular profile. Evidence of multiple blades removed from one side, rough breaks around another and c.20% cortext remaining on a third. A transverse flake has been removed from the distal end, possible to control blade lengh. Dark grey flint. Weight: 37.83g, Length: 42.67mm, Width: 37.65mm, Thickness: 28.95mm. 3) Rough core with c.20% cortext remaing. This fragment has been struck from a larger core, possibly to refresh it. Arrises on the dorsal face suggest at least two long blades had been removed prior to this point. Rough shatter where the platform should be may indicate why this flake was removed. Dark grey flint with mid grey inclusions. Weight: 56.08g, Length: 47.58mm, Width: 43.37mm, Thickness: 25.71mm.
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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