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Description: | Four knapped flint flakes with areas of retouch, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age in date.1: Middle part of a larger flake with breaks at both ends. The bulb of percussion has been removed by a break and retouch, possibly deliberately. The breaks at the distal end are larger and possibly accidental. The dorsal face suggests it came from a multi-platform core although the face has also been re-worked with invasive shallow scalar retouch. Down the proximal half of the right edge on the dorsal face is short, scalar, abrupt retouch becoming longer towards the proximal end and ending only at the breaks. There is also some retouch on the left edge on the dorsal face, short, scalar and abrupt and again ending in breaks. It is on medium gray flint. 9.89 grams.2. Proximal end of a secondary flake. the distal end is missing due to a break. prominent bulb of percussion and waves on the ventral face. c.50% of the dorsal face is covered in cortex running down the left side. There is retouch down the distal end of the right edge on the dorsal face, short, scalar and abrupt, ending in the break at one end and a large chip at the other. It is on medium to pale grey mottled flint and weighs 6.57 grams.3. Proximal end of a snapped tertiary flake. Bulb of percussion and waves on the ventral face. Arises, possibly from multi-platform work on the dorsal face. Hinge fracture at distal end. Short, semi-abrupt, scalar retouch down the right edge on the dorsal face. Dark grey flint with white mottles, 2.73 grams.4. Middle section of a secondary flake with breaks at distal and proximal ends. Small area of cortex on the distal end of the left edge seen form the dorsal face. Chipping in the centre of the break on the distal end may suggest it is deliberate. The angled break at the proximal end is also chipped or possibly crudely retouched. Along the longer right edge on the dorsal face is short, scalar abrupt to semi-abrupt retouch creating a concave shape to this edge. Dark grey flint with white mottles, 1.95 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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