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Description: | Snapped knapped flint blade of probable later Mesolithic or earlier Neolithic date (4500 - 3500 BC). The flint is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The ventral (reverse) face has a distinct bulb of percussion and conchoidal fractures; a slight striking platform is present on the heel of the flake. The dorsal face show several flake scars. There is a little abrupt retouch to the long edges on the dorsal face, although this could easily be caused in the ploughzone through tumble. The flint is a mid greyish brown colour with a series of flaws and different coloured areas in the matrix. A small area of cortex also survives suggesting that the flint was taken from the core when it was relatively fresh and unworked. The flint measures 41.7mm length, 14.4mm width, and 2.2mm thick; it weighs 2.03 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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