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Description: | Graver made from local greensand chert with a deep notch at upper right hand edge, dorsal side, which has been clearly worked with abrupt retouching. There is a hinge fracture at distal end and rough accidental fracturing at proximal end on dorsal side. A thinning flake has been removed from dorsal face which creates a concave surface for a 'thumbnail' hold. There is a noticeable bulb of percussion.The chert is of a dark, dense grey colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble.Butler [2005] illustrates a similar example on page 131, Fig.55, No.5 which is dated to the early 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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