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Description: | 14 flint blade and flake fragments. Part of a larger assemblage (see below). Two secondary flakes and twelve tertiary fragments. All appear to be deliberately struck rather than naturally occuring and may have been produced during tool manufacture, but could also be the result of use or post-depositional damage. As flake and blade fragments can be difficult to differentiate they were all grouped together. However, most display two or more thin, parallel flaking scars on their dorsal surface and are large enough to suggest that they are probably parts of blades. This preponderance of blade fragments amongst the group suggests that many more blades were produced that actually survive in the assemblage. This could well have affected the l/b index for the assemblage as a whole, suggesting that the majority of the debitage in the assemblage was medium or broad flakes, characteristic of later Neolithic and early Bronze Age flintworking. Instead it is possible that the flint in the earlier phase of production on the site was being much more carefully curated, with many of the blades that were produced being used in tool manufacture instead of being discarded. These factors are taken into consideration in the wider analysis below. The striking platform is missing and damaged on most, but on those where it remains it would seem that one was produced using a soft hammer and three using a hard hammer. In additon, two of those produced using a hard hammer show signs of platform preparation. Four fragments have a slightly lighter, patchy patina, seven have a much more extensive milky patina (speckled on some) and three are completely recoticated. The cortex remaining on the secondary flakes is too limited to be very diagnostic, but on at least one appears to be probably pebble cortex.Average weight: 1.0g
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