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Description: | Complete buff/grey flint hammer-stone of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date (4500 BC ? 700 BC). Maximum diameter 118mm, minimum diameter 102mm. Weight 1786g. The cortex of the sub-spheroidal flint nodule is pitted all over with regular sized percussion scars and these are particularly dense in one area. This area comprises about 1/3 of its overall surface. There are also several small areas of gloss which have been created over percussion scars. The implement is in good condition. | 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: | -4500
-700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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