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Title: LITHIC IMPLEMENT [Go to resource]
Description: Mesolithic or possibly Early Neolithic Adze/Axe. Long narrow high backed flake (length 95mm)with some residual thin weathered cortex on the striking platform and left side. Patinated bluish white. Somewhat curved in profile. Some steep retouch on both edges, though principally on the right. The distal tip is the broadest point of the flake and has been sharpened by a tranchet blow from the right side. It shows signs of ancient use wear, mainly on the ventral face. 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 Source: Portable Antiquities Identifier: http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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