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Description: | 27 lithic implements
1, Blade length 24mm, width 11mm, thickness 4mm. One arise on the dorsal, soft hammered bulb on the ventral. Curved blade on the right chipped through use, off white patina with blue speckles. Date probably Early Neolithic.
2, Rod, length 35mm, width 13mm, thickness 11mm. One arise on the dorsal, slight retouch down either side, pointed base. Creamy patina, the point bases has retouch that has removed the original patina, although a thinner patina has formed over this area, therefore latter reuse. Date Neolithic.
3, Truncated blade length 16mm, width 12mm, thickness 2mm. Bottom part of the blade. 10% Remains of the cortex on the dorsal, soft hammered bulb on the ventral. Slight retouch on the left blade. Light brown colour with patina starting to form. Date Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic.
4, Side scrapper, length 24mm, width 11mm, thickness. The left side has the scraper edge, which is slightly concave with abrupt, direct, scaled Retouch. Light grey patina, with darker patches. Date Bronze Age.
5, Two burnt flints, one large 35mm by 22mm by 25mm, the other small 10mm by 10mm by 5mm. Off white colour, cracking throughout.
6, Four Primary flakes, average size length 25mm width 30mm, thickness 15mm. Dark grey coloured flints, all have more than 50% cortex remaining. Date prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.
7, Eight Secondary flakes. average size length 20mm width 20mm, thickness 7mm. Most have a dark grey colour, one is mid brown, all have less then 50% cortex remaining. Date Prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.
8, Nine Tertiary flakes, average size length 27mm, width 16mm, thickness 7mm. Most have a light grey colour with a light patina, two have a mid brown patina, two are dark grey. Date prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process. | 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: | -500000
-500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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