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Description: | Flint graver or serrated flake, crescentic in plan, semi-circular in profile and triangular in section. The left lateral margin of the ventral face has been retouched to form a curved edge, perhaps for use as a graving tool. The distal end on the dorsal face has also been worked into a point that may have been used to perforate.The flint is a mottled light to medium grey and is probably derived from a local beach pebble and the length to breadth ratio is about 3:1. Some cortex remains from the medial ridge to the left margin on the dorsal face which suggests that this is a secondary flake.Bond (2004) illustrates similar examples on pages 151-2, Figs.5.135-136, Nos.F139-140, which are identified as serrated flakes and date from the Later Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
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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