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Description: | Flint notched and pointed blade, lozenge-shaped in plan and profile and triangular in section. The left margin of the dorsal face has been unifacially retouched as a cutting edge and the left margin of the ventral face has been notched to form a graver edge, perhaps for working arrow shafts. The proximal end is blunt and the distal end has been worked into a point on the dorsal face, which may have been used for piercing, but is quite fine.The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably derived from a local beach pebble, and appears to be a tertiary flake as no cortex remains on it. The length to breadth ratio is almost 5:2.Bond (2004) illustrates a flake blade on page 137, Fig.5.124, No.F24, which is dated to the earlier Neolithic period, and a pointed blade knife on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.24, which is dated to the Beaker period.
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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