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Description: | Flint flake, loose S-shaped rod in plan and plano convex in profile. The dorsal side surface is an arched convex with split mesial ridging. The distal tip is snapped and the proximal end comprised of inclusion. The lower left margin has a large notch and a smaller one next to it. The upper right margin has a larger notch with serration on the remaining margin. On the ventral side the lower right margin has two big denticulates and semi abrupt retouch on the remaining edge.The flint is dark grey brown in tone with a tertiary cortex.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 131, Fig. 57, No. L. 116 which is dated to the 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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