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Description: | Two knapped flint flakes or debitage. The first flake is a flake or possible core fragment. The artefact is knapped from a mottled opaque mid brown coloured flint. The flake is multi faceted on the dorsal face, with vertical scars. One scar has a slight patina. The ventral surface has slight re-touch around the distal end. The flake weighs 8.5g and measures 43.41mm long and 22.8mm wide. The flake is probably prehistoric, dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods (-3500 to -1500). The second flake is knapped from a mottled opaque mid brown coloured flint. The flake is multi faceted on the dorsal face, with vertical scars, but with also some more recent damage on the upper half. Along a lateral and distal edges re-touch has occurred on the dorsal surface forming a notch. The ventral surface has ripples from striking, and a bulbar scar. The flake measures 46.5mm long and 26.97mm wide. It weighs 13.5g. Butler (Butler, C. 2005 Prehistoric Flintwork Tempus p. 54) comments that notched pieces are found throughout history, but are not a common tool. This flake probably dates to the Neolithic to early Bronze Age period (-3500 to -1500).
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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