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Description: | Flint microlithic blade or saw, rectangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and triangular in section. The distal end and right margin have been unifacially worked on the dorsal face. The ventral face retains part of the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. There is no cortex remaining on the surface of the flint which suggests that this is a tertiary flake.
The flint is a mottled dark to light grey colour and the ratio of length to breadth is 3:1.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 95, Fig.5.81, No.6, which is identified as a microlithic saw (after Wymer 1977). | 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 | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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