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Description: | A thick flake of slightly coarse mottled cream and light grey and some pinky flecks.The flake is of rectangular plan with the striking platform close to one corner and a dorsal ridge running diagonaly and parallel to the striking direction.Pebble cortex is on the left distal margin. Running along the long proximal edge is a line of semi-abrupt retouch.Its lustrous appearance combined with the pink flecks suggest that the blank or its core was heated before the final work.Dr.C.J. Bond(2011) recommends the examination of raw material for natural variation and controlled experiments to establish the visual clues of heat treatment. The distal margin is sharp but not noticeably retouched but from it runs patchy gloss on the dorsal surface, probably indicating use.The tool may combine 2 functions or the proximal retouch is a backing hand grip to make the cutting tool more comfortable to use. Bond(2004) illustrates a backed knife of better form on page 135, fig.5.121, F54.
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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