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Description: | Part of a worked flint blade. The blade has been snapped at both ends but some percussion waves are visible on the ventral face. The snap at the distal end is even with two straight facets, at the proximal end it is jagged and probably not deliberte. The proximal half of the left edge (looking from the ventral side) is also snapped, removing the cutting edge. The blade has been extensively retouched, invasive, shallow semi-parallel retouch covers the entire dorsal face and c.50% of the ventral face, concentrated at the proximal end. It appears the blade was being formed into a tool, possibly a leaf shaped arrowhead and broke before it was completed. The use of invasive retouch suggests a Neolithic date.It is 48.3mm long, 14.9mm wide, 5.2mm thick and weighs 4.21 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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