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Description: | A Mesolithic (8,300-4,500 BC) flint straight-backed blade flake. The flake is a tertiary one with no cortex remaining. The tip is now broken and there is damage to the mesial edges. The dorsal surface has two ridges (arrises) running proximal to distal along the blade. The ventral surface is smooth and flat, with small, diffuse bulb of percussion, and bulbar scar remaining on proximal end. Pale grey flint.
Dimensions: length 30.05mm; width 9.02mm; thickness 3.26mm; weight 1.2g. | 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: | -8300
-4500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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