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Description: | A Group of 7 flints, all flakes, only 2 with retouch, all fairly rough, hard hammer, Bronze Age in date.
1. Retouched flake (crude), unpatinated, dark grey, plain butt, parallel flake ridges, 5% cortex on dorsal face, retouch on the edge near the proximal end.
2. Long chunky flake, lightly patinated but this is covered with deep brown staining, plain butt, obtuse striking angle, hinge fracture, transverse flake ridges on dorsal face also showing hinge fractures, and pronounced ripples, possible retouch or use-ware on one edge, hard hammer.
3. Small flake, patinated, parallel flake ridge, possible retouch on distal end.
4. Chunky flake, quite large, unpatinated, sandy brown, plain butt, random flake ridges, thick, hard hammer.
5. Small sandy brown chunky flake, unpatinated, random flake ridges, possible retouch on one edge.
6. Low quality long retouched flake, unpatinated, 10% cortex on dorsal face at distal end, plain butt, parallel flake ridge on dorsal face, thick, hard hammer.
7. Heavily stained chunk, red brown, 15% cortex, probably natural. | 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: | -2150
-800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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