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Description: | A small flint flake assemblage comprising 19 pieces of worked flint with a combined total weight of 163.99g.1) A medium brown unpatinated squat flake with hinge fracture and edge retouch. Some cortex remains on one end. It measures 41.77mm in length, 40.32mm in width, 12.87mm in thickness, and weighs 20.19g. 2) An unpatinated irregular flake with limited crude edge retouch and some cortex. It measures 51.12mm in length, 39.74mm in width, 12.11mm in thickness, and weighs 27.66g. 3) An unpatinated squat sub-triangular flake with steep edge retouch and a little cortex. It measures 34.61mm in length, 28.88mm in width, 6.32mm in thickness, and weighs 6.23g.4) A natural flake with limited edge retouch and one face that is mainly cortex. It measures 44.97mm in length, 30.42mm in width, 9.87mm in thickness, and weighs 15.37g. 5) A patinated flake made from a pot-lid fracture that has limited unpatinated retouch and some cortex. It measures 32.32mm in length, 29.93mm in width, 7.63mm in thickness, and weighs 7.11g. 6) An unpatinated flake, possibly made from an earlier struck flint that shows considerable abrasion or rolling. This surface has unpatinated retouch around the edges but no cortex. It measures 35.76mm in length, 23.81mm in width, 8.05mm in thickness, and weighs 7.20g. 7) An unpatinated oval shaped scraper that is relatively crude in manufacture and has some cortex. It measures 37.57mm in length, 32.78mm in width, 9.07mm in thickness, and weighs 11.07g. 8) A patinated long pale grey flake with thick sub-triangular cross section and crude edge retouch. It has no cortex but has been partially burnt. It measures 53.77mm in length, 28.83mm in width, 10.15mm in thickness, and weighs 14.73g. 9) An unpatinated snapped small flake with limited crude edge retouch and some cortex. It measures 35.18mm in length, 16.94mm in width, 5.39mm in thickness, and weighs 3.61g. 10) An unpatinated thick, squat flake with limited edge retouch and some cortex. It measures 37.94mm in length, 33.69mm in width, 14.13mm in thickness, and weighs 9.82g. 11) A small unpatinated squat flake with limited edge retouch or use wear and no cortex. It measures 24mm in length, 21.54mm in width, 6.69mm in thickness, and weighs 3.69g. 12) An unpatinated flake with crude edge retouch and no cortex. It measures 37.40mm in length, 30.23mm in width, 9.22mm in thickness, and weighs 9.36g. 13) An unpatinated squat flake with retouched notches and cortex that forms the striking platform. It measures 22.12mm in length, 28.42mm in width, 4.83mm in thickness, and weighs 2.79g. 14) A small, unpatinated snapped long flake or blade with limited edge retouch or use wear and parallel flake scars on dorsal face. It measures 24.08mm in length, 15.15mm in width, 5mm in thickness, and weighs 1.82g. 15) An unpatinated irregular flake with crude edge retouch, a natural striking platform and some cortex. It measures 38.02mm in length, 29.38mm in width, 8.17mm in thickness, and weighs 11.03g. 16) An unpatinated small flake with limited edge retouch or use wear, hinge fractures, and a natural striking platform formed of cortex. It measures 26.11mm in length, 24.43mm in width, 7.64mm in thickness, and weighs 4.09g. 17) An unpatinated flake with limited edge retouch and a small amount of cortex. Parallel flake scars are visible on the dorsal face. It measures 31.67mm in length, 23.85mm in width, 7.52mm in thickness, and weighs 4.18g. 18) A small unpatinated snapped flake with a natural striking platform and a small amount of cortex. Thin parallel flake scars are visible on the dorsal face. It measures 17.18mm in length, 18.05mm in width, 4.03mm in thickness, and weighs 0.91g. 19) An unpatinated long flake with crude limited edge retouch, hing fracture and some cortex. It measures 32.77mm in length, 20.60mm in width, 5.13mm in thickness, and weighs 3.13g. Dr. Colin Pendleton (SCC) notes that this assemblage is for the most part relatively crude in nature, although the small amounts of cortex visible on the flakes suggests careful working of the flints and possibly that they may have been brought in to the site from further afield. With the exception of a few flakes with parallel scars on the dorsal faces (numbers 14, 17-19) the standard of workmanship is comparatively poor. Two pieces also certainly demonstrate re-use of earlier flakes (numbers 5-6). Overall, the group is probably slightly too crude for the Early Bronze Age, and providing the whole assemblage is contemporary is therefore of possible Middle Bronze Age date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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