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Description: | A flint graver of probable early Mesolithic date. The object has a flat bottom edge, two parallel vertical sides, and is worked to a point at the top. The upper face has not been re-touched and has a single vertical arrise. The horizontal bottom edge has been deliberately squared off. The right hand vertical edge (as you look at it) has no re-touching, whilst the upper half of the left hand edge has been re-touched with a single row of fine chips. A further feature of the left hand edge is the presence of a small semi-circular notch. This is a deliberately created element of the tool. On the reverse of the pointed end is an angled butt, bulb of percussion, and ripples. The flint is a slightly patinated dark grey. It measures 44mm high by 26.1mm wide and 7.4mm thick. It weighs 9.07g. | 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
-6500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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