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Description: | Two microlithic flints of probable Mesolithic date. The smaller of the two flints is roughly elliptical and comes to a point at the one undamaged end. It has three faces to its upper surface and has been re-touched along one of its outer edges. The reverse is unworked. The second flint has a flat or slightly angled bottom edge and two converging long sides which meet at a rounded point. Both of the long sides have been re-touched, with the one on the left (as you look at it) having two to three rows of pressure flaked chips. The reverse has a bulb of percussion at the flat horizontal edge, with emanating ripples above. The flint is a light yellowish-brown colour. The tool measures 28mm high by 15.3mm wide and 4.9mm thick. It weighs 2.32g. The smaller flint weighs 2.06g. | 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
-3500 | 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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