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Description: | Five flakes, some with evidence of retouch, numbers relate to objects in photograph.1. Tertiary flake struck off a prepared platform. Bulb of percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face; multiple arises on the dorsal face. Irregular outline appears to be from knapping. Pale orange-buff with mottling; 3.64 grams.2. Tertiary flake struck off a prepared platform. Bulb of percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face; acute aris on the dorsal face. possible usewear on both sides. Mid orange with pale orange weathered areas; 6.02 grams.3. Secondary flake struck off a prepared platform. Bulb of percussion, and percussion waves on the ventral face; large percussion ripples form a previous removal on the dorsal face. The flake ends in a hinge fracture and there is cortext remaining down the right edge covering c10% of the flake. There is a possible area of short, semi-abript, parallel retouch at the proximal end of the left edge on the ventral face. Mid orange with darker mottling; 11.06 grams.4. Secondary blade struck off a prepared platform. Bulb of percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face with another bulb from an incompletely removed flake on the left side. The dorsal face is mostly covered with cortext with c.10% showing evidence of previous removals, probably platform preparation. Dark orange-brown with mottling; 56.96 grams.5. Secondary flake struck off a prepared platform. Percussion waves on the ventral face; multiple arises on the dorsal face. Cortex remains at the distal end of the dorsal face covering c.10% of the face. Possible area of retouch in an attempt to break the flake has created a notch half way down the left edge on the dorsal face. Pale grey with mottling; 60 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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