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Description: | This is a piece of debitage, a flake from the preform stage of creating an axe, removed by a soft hammer. There is a hinge fracture at the long distal end of the ventral face and invasive retouch across the dorsal face. The left dorsal margin is curved and very sharp, so that the piece could have been used a s a knife or/and piercer. But there is no sign of use wear.The flint is brown to black in colout with teryiary cortex and of unknown origin.Butler (2005) illustates an axe thinning flake on P.141 Fig 58 No 5, which he places in the Neolithic.
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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