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Description: | A prehistoric flint lithic flake with evidence of retouching for uncertain use. The implement is 37.1mm in length. The maximum thickness in the 19mm extending from the tip towards the bulbar scar is 2mm, the bulb of percussion is 6.35mm thick. The artefact is a regular three-sided shape. It features an obvious bulb of percussion, with a large bulbar scar which, due to retouching is now adjacent to the left side on the ventral face. No striking platform is visible and the proximal edge of the implement is covered by cortex. The ripples created from the knapping process visible on the ventral face run diagonally along the implement; the dorsal face is near flat with no visible removals, this could suggest that evidence of the striking platform has been removed due to retouch. The thickness of the flake by the bulb of percussion raise questions as to the use of this implement, the style is somewhat similar to a Neolithic arrowhead, and there is certainly evidence of retouching, but the cortical edge suggests a function otherwise.
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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