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Description: | A proximal end of a blade with a ragged snap; probably accidental, removing the rest of the blade without signs of a notch on the break, unlike a micro-burin. There is slight invasive retouch on the left dorsal margin to the proximal end suggesting use as a knife. The flint has a pink tinge to the grey-brown and may be the result of heat treatment to improve the workability of pebble flint to make longer blades in the Mesolithic. Butler(2005) illustrates a selection of knives on blades on page 115, fig.46, 3-6.
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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