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Description: | Three mesolithic waste flakes. All three have hinge fractures.
1) Weight: 4.4g. 38mm x 23mm.
A waste flake Mesolithic (circa 8300 ? 3500 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive, there is evidence of platform preparation. Numerous blade flakes have been removed from the dorsal surface before this flake itself was removed. The flake has a hinge fracture.
2) Weight: 1.9g. 31mm x 18mm.
A waste flake. Mesolithic in date (circa 8300 ? 3500 BC). The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive, there is evidence of platform preparation and retouch. Numerous blade flakes have been removed from the dorsal surface before this flake itself was removed. The flake has a hinge fracture.
3) Weight: 0.92g. 17mm x 13mm.
A waste flake. Mesolithic in date (circa 8300 ? 3500 BC). The flake has a hinge fracture. | 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
-3500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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