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Description: | The ventral face has a visible bulb and ripples. There is some retouch at the left margin. The dorsal face has a flattened medial ridge with flake removals towards each margin. The distal end has been snapped so it was probably a longer piece that may have been a saw. The proximal end has long semi-abrupt retouch towards its edge and along with the notches could indicate the hafted end. Opposing notches have been created in the distal lower third on each lateral margin with abrupt retouch from the dorsal face.The flint is black in colour with cream flecks. It has only tertiary cortex which gives little clue to its origin, which was probably from a local beach pebble.Bond 2004 illustrates a similar notched flake on Page 143 Fig 5.129 No F149, which he places in the late Neolithic period.
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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