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Description: | Knapped flint fabricator, D shaped in cross section and curved in profile. The sides and ends are extensively worked. The ventral face has invasive shallow scalar retouch which has removed most of the original face with short semi-abrupt scalar retouch near the ends and irregularly round the edges. On the remaining face there is no bulb of percussion and only a few possibly percussion waves. The dorsal face has arises from previous blade removals. It has shallow, semi-invasive scalar retouch down both sides and at the distal end with some irregularly places areas of semi-abrupt short scalar retouch. The edges also appreat damaged and chipped. The proximal end has some abrupt parallel retouch to give a relatively flat end with rounded corners. This end appears to have been used to batter things giving a abraded rounded end with small indents. It is 73.7mm long, 26.3mm wide, 13.4mm thick and weighs 32.01 grams.Fabricators were possibly used to shape other flint tools through re-touch or grinding (Butler, C. 2005 Prehistoric Flintwork Tempus, p.56). They have been found in Mesolithic to Bronze Age contexts and there is a general trend towards increased size suggesting this exaple is possibly Neolithic in date.
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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