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Description: | Flint awl, trapezoid in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. On the dorsal side the distal end is retouched to a point and the proximal end spalled. The upper left margin has a cutting edge and the lower end is cortex. The right margin has a flaked edge. On the ventral side the distal end is retouched and the proximal end spalled. The surface is convex with an interrupted mesial ridge and a lateral ridge running across to the right margin which is abraded cortex. The left margin has lateral flake removal.The flint has pale cream grey areas and a secondary cortex of dark cream with a dark yellow orange section. It also has a heat crazed surface.Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 113, Fig. 45, No. 8 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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