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Description: | A complete chert implement of probable Neolithic date (c. 3500 BC ? c. 2100 BC). Length 146mm, width 67mm and 37mm thick. Weight 404g.
The implement has been made on a large flake. It is sub-rectangular in plan and the butt and cutting edge are rounded in profile. It is sub-triangular in cross-section. The sides taper slightly from the butt to the cutting edge. At the top, close to the butt, the width is 60mm and close to the cutting edge the width measures 67mm. The ventral surface has an indistinct bulb of percussion. However, there are no associated ripples on the featureless surface. The right edge of the ventral surface has been retouched and has three major negative flake scars and also a number of minor flake scars. It appears that these flakes may have been removed to create a working edge. Alternatively, they may represent later accidental damage as a result of agricultural activity. The left edge of the implement is composed of a narrow flat surface which is probably a natural feature that existed prior to the stone being worked as a tool. The dorsal surface is in the form of two faces divided longitudinally by an off-centre and well defined arris. Both ends of the implement on this face have been retouched to form the rounded butt and cutting edge.
Chert is readily available in the vicinity of the find-spot and a number of Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic picks made of chert have been recorded in the Isle of Wight. | 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
-2100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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