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Description: | 9 lithic implements
1, Piercer, length 18mm, width 10mm, thickness 2mm. Plain dorsal, hard hammer bulb on the ventral. The top has abrupt, sup-parallel direct retouch on either side creating a point. Grey flint with creamy patina forming, the retouch has removed the patina. Date Bronze Age.
2, Core trimming flake, length 31mm, width 30mm, thickness 13mm. The ventral is plain, striking platforms around the edge of the dorsal. Multiple wide flaking scars around the edges, 5% cortex remains o n the edge. This is a the top section of a core that was removed in order to prolong the artefacts use. Date Late Mesolithic.
3, Two burnt flints, one large 20mm by 18mm by 8mm, the other small 10mm by 8mm by 3mm. Off white colour, cracking throughout.
4, Primary flake, length 21mm width 15mm, thickness 6mm. Dark grey coloured flint, creamy cortex, about 85% cortex remaining. Date prehistoric. This is a waste flake from the manufacturing process.
5, Two Secondary flakes. Largest length 18mm width 13mm, thickness 13mm, smallest 28mm by 9mm by 5mm. Dark grey colour, both have less than 50% cortex remaining. Date Prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.
6, Tertiary flake, size length 30mm, width 25mm, thickness 11mm. Dark grey colour, multiple flaking scars over surface. Date prehistoric. This is a 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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