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Description: | A probable Mesolithic tool, probably a scraper made from a flake. The butt of the flake is largely cortical, with the bulb of percussion just below this cortex on the ventral face. On the dorsal face, just above the cortex at the proximal end, the flake has been extensively worked with invasive retouch, possibly to form a scraping edge. Alternatively, this end may have been reworked to form a blunted ege to allow the flint to be held more comfortably, and it may have been the opposite end which was intended for use as a tool. Here, a notch has been removed and there is some further retouch around the rest of the edge. Alternatively, both ends may have been used for different tasks. The flint is a deep orange/brown in colour with areas of dark grey and orange cortex at the butt. It measures 23.95 mm long, 29.72 mm wide, 8.44 mm thick and weighs 5.5 grams. It is trapezoidal 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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