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Description: | Flint implement, probably a Mesolithic blade, dated circa 8000-3500BC. The implement has parallel sides, a flat butt and a rounded edge at the distal end. There are small abrasion scars on the dorsal side of the butt. The implement when viewed from the butt end has an elongated D-shaped section. The ventral surface has not been worked. Long narrow flakes/bladelets have been removed from the dorsal face. There is retouching along both long edges and the distal end. There is no cortex remaining and patina is dark grey flecked with light grey.Length 52.74mm, width 26.38mm, thickness 7.82mm, weight 13.6g.
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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