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Description: | This worked flint appears to be Mesolithic in date, but one must not rule out the possibility that it may be Neolithic. The flake has had previous flakes removed from its surface before this particular flake was removed to make a blade. The striking platform is evident as is the bulb of percussion (on the other side of the blade). The platform appears to have been prepared (Mesolithic people prepared the striking platform of the core by chipping away tiny flakes of flint from around the platform, they did this in order to cause the flint to break - when struck - into smaller, thinner blades). There is some evidence of reworking along the already sharp edges of the flint. On the other side of the blade the bulb of percussion is evident and the fracture ripple extend right the way down the flake. The flake has been slightly damaged by perhaps the plough, the breaks are not that worn. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -8300
-2100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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