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Description: | Probably late Neolithic (2500-2100 BC). Peter Reavil suggests that this is "a secondary (due to the amount of cortex - less than 50%) debitage flake of probable neolithic date. Although the artefact resembles the shape of a leaf-shaped arrowhead certian diagnostic features are not present, bi-facial ripple flaking being the major one. The ventral face shows no flaking, the dorsal face shows a series of flake scars and abrupt retouch (possibly deliberate possibly plough derived) along one edge and at the point. It is possible therefore that this debitage has been reused to form a scraping or boring tool (although this is very tentative). The tang like projection does not seem to be worked and is a product of the original flaking".As such, its presence on site is evidence of flint working on site.
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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