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Description: | A micolith in fine translucent brown flint formed from a bladelet which has the proximal end and bulb of percussion left intact. On the dorsal surface at that end is a tiny patch of cortex which is thin and white and might be nodular: unusual for Mesolithic material in this location. The left dorsal margin is straight and blunted by abrupt retouch. The right dorsal margin is sharp free blade. Hence the lateral section of the object is triangular The dorsal flake scars suggest that the peform came from an opposed platform core. The distal end of the microlith appears to be snapped off. Found in a dense patch of bladelet cores, debitage; some burnt and microliths.Bond,C.J.2004 illustrates a straight backed microlith with extant cortex on p.119, fig.5.103,26.
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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