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Description: | Five flint blades of similar size, with flat proximal ends, three of them snapped, and tapering distal ends and sub-parallel sides. There are generally triangular in plan and section and plano-convex in profile. The blades are retouched on both margins, generally on the dorsal face, but not at either end. One of the blades is notched on the right margin of the ventral face and on the left margin of the dorsal face (so the same side). The smallest blade may have been used as a saw as it has serrated parallel right and left margins, worked on the dorsal face. This blade and one other retain a small patch of cortex at the distal end, and the mottled light to dark grey colour of the flint suggests that these blades were derived from local beach pebbles.Bond (2004) illustrates similar blades on pages 137 & 140, Figs.5.124 & 5.126, Nos.24-5 & 9-10, which are dated to the Neolithic period.Mercer (1981) illustrates similar edge-trimmed flakes on pages 129 & 131, Figs.56-57, Nos.L97, L99, L102, L106, L107, L108, L116, L117, which are dated to the Neolithic period.
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