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Description: | Group of 9 flints, all flakes and 1 natural? stone. There was 1 possible awl, 1 possible end scrapers, 1 scraper 1 side scraper 1 rod like piece and the rest being retouched flakes. There are a number of long flakes in the assemblage but the standard of working is relatively crude. This together with the rod like piece may suggest a middle Bronze Age date.
1. Retouched long flake (crude), sub triangular in cross section, unpatinated, 20% cortex on dorsal face, dark brown in colour, plain butt, parallel flake scars 1 showing a hinge fracture, bifacial retouch on one edge and at distal end, probable hard hammer.
2. Retouched long flake, unpatinated, mid to dark brown colour, plain butt, parallel flake scars on dorsal face, hinged fracture, bifacial retouch on one edge and retouch on ventral face on one edge, hard hammer.
3. Small notched retouched flake possibly with the distal forming an awl, unpatinated, 90% cortex on dorsal face and on one edge and proximal end, natural butt, bifacial retouch around distal end, hard hammer.
4. Retouched long flake (possibly an end scraper), unpatinated, dark brown in colour, butt removed, hinge fractured, random flake scars on dorsal face, bifacial retouch on both edges, retouch on distal end and has also totally removed butt, hard hammer.
5. Retouched short chunky flake (possible scraper), unpatinated, 1% cortex on dorsal face, plain butt, random flake scars, possible retouch on edges, the distal end appears to be pocked or crushed, hard hammer.
6a. Retouched flake, unpatinated, dark brown, possible prepared butt, distal end snapped, parallel flake scars on dorsal face, small area of crude retouch on both edges.
6b. Natural flake retouched into a side scarper, unpatinated, 95% cortex on dorsal face, probable pebble, colour brown and yellow, nice retouch on one edge.
6c. Slightly pecked stone with one flat edge, probably natural.
7. Retouched flake, very slight patination, cortex covers the distal edge, dark brown in colour, plain butt, parallel flake scars on dorsal face, retouch on one edge, hard hammer.
8. Long chunky retouched flake, rod like of crude plano-convex cross-section, 90% cortex on dorsal surface, ventral face is uneven, mid to dark grey, retouch has totally removed the butt, also rough retouch on both sides and distal end. | 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: | -1500
-1150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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