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Description: | A core rejuvenation flake, carrying 2 major blade scars through the pebble cortex and 2 minor ones; all parallel. Their proximal ends are truncated by ventral bold semi-abrupt retouch, forming a knife edge. The selection of this waste flake was likely due to its unusual colour or red flushed light grey which is due to heat. It may have been deliberate heat treatment of the pebble raw material to produce longer blades. To make the tool more comfortable to hold it has 3 semi-abruptly worked notches, 2 in the dorsal margin and 1 in the ventral. Butler(2005) describes utilised flakes on page 134.
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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