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Description: | Flint blade from a conchoidal flake, lozenge-shaped in plan and section and semi-circular in profile. The proximal end and the right lateral margin have been unifacially retouched on the dorsal face. Half way along, towards the distal end of the dorsal face, running along from the medial ridge to the left edge, are the remains of a strip of cortex, suggesting that this is a secondary flake. The ventral face preserves an area of smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the bulb of percussion at the proximal end.
The flint is mainly light gray in colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is about 2:1.
Bond illustrates a similar example from Bradley (1970) on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.28, which is dated to the Beaker Period.
Andrefsky (1998) illustrates a similar conchoidal flake on page 16, Fig.2.6c. | 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: | -2500
-1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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