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Description: | Flint 'backed / blunted' microlith, formed from the tip of a snapped blade of probable Mesolithic date (6500-3500 BC). The microlith is formed from the upper section of a blade which has been snapped. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The upper left hand edge has been reworked with regular evenly spaced flakes. The opposite edge looks to have been crudely knapped with direct percussion. It is likely that this microlith would have been set with several others into a tool, such as a harpoon, or multiple toothed blade. The flint is a light grey white colour. It measures 18.9mm in length, 10.7mm width, is 1.9mm thick and weighs 0.45 grams.
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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