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Description: | A re-touched flint flake tool of probable late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date.The tool has been made from a broad flake. At the proximal end is a wide portion of the core platform. A bulb-of-percussion is located at the centre of the ventral surface, at the platform end and there is associated rippling. The dorsal surface exhibits a single, angled arrise. One of the flint's long sides is vertical and appears to have been serrated. The remainder of the sides are convex. The main area of re-touch is confined to the area just above the proximal end. On the ventral surface is an area of non-invasive re-touch and this is mirrored on the dorsal surface by much more abrupt fine re-touch, confined to the very edge of the flint. Above this re-touch is a small notch, which may have been created deliberately. The flint is dark greyish-brown in colour. Patination is confined to the area of core platform.The tool measures 38.9mm wide, 40mm long and 11.2mm thick. The weight is 13.28g.
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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