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Description: | A Mesolithic flint tool formed from a broken bladelet. The bladelet has been snapped at both ends. Difference in the patination of the external flint and the internal flint revealed at the breaks suggest that these breaks may have been post-depositional, perhaps having occurred during plough action. Fine retouch occurs along the left lateral edge of the bladelet (when held with dorsal side facing). This has been achieved through pressure flaking, both from the dorsal and ventral faces. This row of retouch occurs along the whole side of what remains of this edge, giving the tool a faintly 'saw like' appearance, and it is this characteristic that has been used to identify the piece as a microdenticulate. Such tools are believed to have been used in a general cutting/sawing motion on soft material such as bracken or green wood (Barton in Butler 2005, 110). The flint used is a pale cream to white colour, but is a darker grey at the breaks at either end. It is 17.1 mm in length, 10.6 mm wide, 3.5 mm thick and weighs 0.7 grams. It is lozenge shaped in section.
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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