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Description: | Flint flake, trapezoid in plan and rod shaped in profile. The dorsal side has an angle snapped distal end. The proximal end is fractured. The left and right margins are finely serrated and very sharp. On the ventral side the proximal end has impact damage by the bulb of percussion.The flint is translucent pale cream grey in tones.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 143, Fig. 63, No. L. 203 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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