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Description: | Flint flake, sub triangular in plan and rod shaped in profile. The dorsal side has a convex surface with very sharp serrated edges on the distal and right margins. The left margin has a spalled edge and surface with a point upper mid way. The proximal end is roughly serrated with cortex on the lower right margin. The ventral surface is flat save for a large heat blistered cavity extending over the right margin.The flint is semi translucent and dark red orange in colour with an extensive pale grey patination. The secondary cortex is dark cream in tone.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 143, Fig. 63, No. L. 197 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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