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Description: | Struck flint blade of probable earlier Neolithic date (3500-2900 BC). The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and lentoid in cross section, the upper, dorsal, face has a series of longitudinal flake scars, whilst the reverse is plain and flat with evidence of conchoidal ripples. The bulb of percussion on the ventral face is lost and the edge is snapped suggesting the blade would have originally been longer. The two long edges on the dorsal face have significant areas of retouch; this is relatively fine and suggests secondary pressure flaking to create a fine regular serrated edge. The end has also been worked but modern damage and abrasion has lost the detail. It seems likely that this blade would have been used of either scraping or cuttingThe flake is formed from a white coloured flint with a white coloured patina. It measures 30.9mm length, 20.6mm width is 4.6mm thick and weighs 3.53 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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