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Description: | Flint flake that is almost rectangular in plan, with sub-parallel lateral margins, and lozenge-shaped in section, with two parallel dorsal ridges. The flake seems to have snapped along a natural facet at the distal end of the flint, creating a right angle to the right edge of the blade. The right edge and the distal end seem to have been prepared for more reworking, but not reworked as such (Alison Roberts, Ashmolean Museum, pers comm). The distal end is plano-convex in profile suggesting that the flake may have used as some sort of planing tool, and there is evidence of usewear in the remains of gloss on the curved surface of the ventral face of the distal end. The proximal end has two notches, one on each side, which might have been located there for hafting purposes.
The flake is an unusual piece, made of flint that is creamy in colour and not local to the area. There is no cortex left on the surface, suggesting that this is a tertiary flake from a large core. The length to breadth ratio is about 2:1. The implement is not diagnostic of its age, but probably dates from the Early Bronze Age, judging from the other flint and stone artefacts found nearby.
Bond (2004) illustrates a long end scraper on page 151, Fig.5.135, No.F124, and a serrated flake on page 152, Fig.5.136, No.F140, which both share features with this piece and are both dated to the Early Bronze Age. | 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: | -2150
-1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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