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Description: | Incomplete segment of a snapped flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. It measures 24.7mm length, 16.4mm width, is 6.3mm (max) thick and weighs 2.23 grams. The flint blade probably consists of the upper and central part of the blade and a trimmed bulb of percussion can be seen on the reverse face. The lower part of the blade has been snapped and trimmed or reworked. The two long vertical sides of the blade have received relatively little retouched. The densest area of retouch is at the base which has been flaked probably to create a scraping or chisel like tool. This area is also polished through wear, rather than deliberate action; suggesting a relatively long or intense period of use. There is no evidence of cortex (the outer rind of the nodule) suggesting that the flake was knapped from a trimmed or relatively old core. This hypothesis is supported by the presence of a clear faceted striking platform suggesting that the core was relatively old and had been rejuvenated.
The flint is a mid grey white colour with a number of areas of granular (rough textured) surface. This surface is a result of the use of poor quality flint which contains a number of flaws and factures. This is common to flint from the Shropshire / Welsh Marches where flint does not occur naturally. The only source of flint is from glacial or riverine deposits. | 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: | -6500
-3500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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