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Description: | A collection of eight knapped isosceles and scalene triangular-shaped microliths, dating to the Mesolithic period between c. 8000 BC - c. 4000 BC (length ranging from 12-20mm; average thickness: 2.5mm; collective weight: 2.15g). There are multiple arrises on the microlith, with normally 2-3 arrises on each piece. There is also some re-touch along the edges on a few artefacts. In his 2004 publication 'Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics October 2004, Version 1',page 209, C J Bond describes microliths as a 'small blunt or bladelet, often with bulb removed and retouched by blunting, abrupt retouch along one or more edges. Types range from those produced using a 'broad' and 'narrow' blade technology and forms are classified in shape by non-geometric or geometric outlines'. | 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: | -8000
-4000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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