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Description: | Four pieces of flint debitage from blade production, probably from the Mesolithic or early Neolithic period. The flakes are secondary, with circa 10 to 20% of the cortex remaining. They are a mid to dark grey but range from opaque to very translucent. Total weight: 7.83g1)38.6mm in length, 16.5mm in width and 3.30g. Long blade removals on both sides from the dorsal face. Bright orange staning on the ventral face behind the cortex. Opaque.2) 19.6mm in length, 19.8mm in width and 1.74g. Small removals on the dorsal face. Short scars on the ventral face from the proximal to the distal end on the left side as viewed from the ventral face with proximal end at the top. Scarring around a removal on the dorsal face; left side when viewed with proximal end at the top from the dorsal face, running in narrowing rows of cresents from the centre to the left side. Semi-translucent.3)26.4mm in length, 13.1mm in width and 1.25g. Small removal at the proximal end on the ventral face. Opaque.4) 26.7mm in length, 13.0mm in width and 1.53g. Long, thin removals on the dorsal face, struck from the proximal end. Possible deliberate notch at the proximal end with smaller removals around it. Very translucent.
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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