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Description: | Seven Retouched pieces of debitage. All seven of the flakes are debitage or waste from tool production. All are flakes and therefore of a probable earlier Neolithic date (3500 - 2500 BC).
Number Length (mm) / Width(mm) / Thickness(mm) / Weight (grams) // Comments
1. 25.1 / 28.3 / 10.5 / 7.11 // Retouch to end and sides of the flake to create scraper
2. 20.2 / 21.7 / 9.5 / 3.03 // Retouch to the right hand edge to create small scraper
3. 41.4 / 37.7 / 8.1 / 17.26 // Extensive retouch to end and right hand side to create scraper
4. 33.8 / 38.6 / 11.8 / 15.56 // Retouch to end and sides of the flake to create scraper
5. 21.9 / 29.2 / 7.1 / 4.96 // Extensive retouch to all edges on both sides of the flake. Small neat regular parallel flake scars/ facets
6. 29.2 / 19.6 / 10.2 / 7.16 // Extensive retouch to end and right hand side to create scraper. Small neat regular parallel flake scars / facets.
7. 44.6 / 33.9 / 10.1 / 15.79 // Extensive retouch to upper right hand side to create scraper. Slightly polished edge on upper left hand edge
Flint tools from Shropshire are relatively rare compared to other areas of the country. This flint is likely to have come from a riverine or glacial source if made locally. The reuse of waste flake for tools is relatively common in this area which suggests the importance of flint as a resource. This is part of a larger flint assemblage from the Wem area.
Total Weight: 70.87 grams | 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: | -3500
-2500 | 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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