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Description: | Incomplete grey patinated flint blade of prehistoric date, probably Mesolithic (10, 000 BC ? 4, 500 BC). Length 72mm, width 38mm and 14mm thick. Weight 31.86g.
The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion at the proximal end with associated rippling along the whole length of the blade and the dorsal surface has four major negative flake scars accompanied by prominent arrises (ridges). The distal end is broken and missing. This is probably an old break as the patina over the broken surface is the same colour as that of the other surfaces. There is no evidence that the blade has been retouched to form a tool. | 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: | -10000
-4500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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