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Description: | Flint knife, semi ovoid in plan and splinter shaped in section. The dorsal side has an angle snapped distal end. The proximal end has fine edge serration to a point. The left margin has semi-abrupt retouch and the right margin is finely serrated. There is parallel mesial ridging. The ventral side has retouch scarring and a bulb of percussion on the proximal end.The flint is translucent light brown grey toned.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 141, Fig. 62, No. L. 190 which is dated to the Mesolithic 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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