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Description: | An Upper Palaeolithic flint blade, dating to 150000-10000BC. A dark grey flint secondary blade which has some patination and staining. The blade has a clear bulb of percussion, bulb scarring and rippling on the ventral side and flake removal scars and some remaining cortex on the dorsal side. The blade measures 77.66mm in length, 38.97mm wide, 17.79mm thick and weighs 64.58g.The flints represent the primary waste from the manufacture of artefacts such as scrapers and arrowheads. The cores and flakes are knapped from pebbles and cobbles suggesting the use of local river gravels. The conditions vary from fresh to rolled and stained probably due to the different soils they have originated from.
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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