|
Date: |
|
Description: | 10 lithic implements.
1, Miscellaneous retouched piece. Plain ventral with no bulb, multifaceted dorsal. Inverse retouch along two of the four edge. Date probably Bronze Age.
2, Piercer. Bulb is missing from the ventral, multifaceted dorsal. Abrupt, scaled retouch on the left, point on the top edge. This retouch has removed the creamy brown patina, exposing light brown flint. Date Bronze Age.
3, Miscellaneous retouched piece. The bulb is missing from the ventral, multifaceted dorsal. Inverse retouched notch on the left side. The ventral has a creamy blue patina while the dorsal is a brown coloured flint, the retouch has removed the patina. Date Bronze Age.
4, Miscellaneous retouched piece. Small bulb on the ventral, multifaceted dorsal. Direct, semi-abrupt retouch along both edges, this has removed the creamy brown patina exposing mid brown flint. Date probably Bronze Age.
5, Blade. Small bulb on the ventral, three arises on the dorsal. Short, direct retouch down the right blade and short inverse retouch down the left. Date Early Neolithic.
6, Core. Multifaceted, on all sided, only about 5% cortex remains, brown flint with lighter brown patches. Date Neolithic, probably Bronze Age.
7, Piercer. Bulb is missing from the ventral, multifaceted dorsal. Semi-abrupt, scaled retouch along the top of the left and right side to form a point. Brown flint. Date Neolithic.
8, Miscellaneous retouched piece. Plain ventral with no bulb, multifaceted dorsal. Slight point on one edge that has removed the off white patina, exposing dark brown flint. Date Prehistoric.
9, Truncated blade. Small bulb on the ventral, one arise on the dorsal, the right side has the remains of the cortex, retouched blade on the left. Creamy patina on the surface, on patina in the break. Date Neolithic.
10, Side scrapper. Bulb on the ventral, two arises on the dorsal. Blade on the left side, retouch on the right that has removed the creamy patina, exposing dark brown flint. Date Original is Neolithic, retouch maybe 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: | -500
-800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
|