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Description: | Blue-grey flintPossible Fabricator or 'slug knife'. Irregularly shaped plano-convex tool. The object is apparently made from a thick and elongated flake with traces of the removal of long thin blades before it was detached from core, and bears extensive hard hammer reworking on both sides, producing an irregularly tapered tool. There is also limited pressure-flaked retouch on the striking platform of the original flake. Suggested date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 2500-1500 BC.Length: 56.91mm, Width: 22.42mm, Thickness: 10.51mm, Weight: 13.01gms.
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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