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Description: | Twelve flakes, dating to the Neolithic period. Flakes 1-5: mid grey raw material 80% re-corticated (length ranging from 12.3mm ? 29.7mm; width ranging from 9.3mm ? 17.4mm; thickness ranging from 2.8mm ? 5.7mm; collective weight: 5.81g). One of the flakes has the cortex present and a hinge fracture. Flakes 6-8: dark grey raw material (length ranging from 20.2mm ? 23.9mm; width ranging from 10.2mm ? 15.4mm; thickness ranging from 6 ? 8mm; collective weight: 4.61g). Two of the flakes have been re-touched along the distal edge. One flake also has a hing fracture. Flakes 9-10: light brown raw material (length ranging from 24mm ? 24.4mm; width ranging from 17mm ? 20.9mm; thickness ranging from 4.3mm ? 5.7mm; collective weight: 4.32g). Both flakes have a striking platform and pronounced bulb of percussion with eraillure scars below as well as multiple arrises and ripples or ?lunettes?. They have both been re-touched along the distal and mesial edge on the dorsal surface. Flake 11: honey coloured raw material (length: 22.9mm; width: 10.5mm; thickness: 6.1mm; weight: 1.76g). Re-touching on the mesial edge on the dorsal surface and terminating on a hinge fracture. | 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: | -4000
-2200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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