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Description: | Flint flake, nearly square in plan and rod shaped in profile. The ventral side (shown illustrated) has a retouched left margin and a visible bulb of percussion with small flake removal by the proximal end. The dorsal surface is convex with an off centre mesial ridge. The distal edge is snapped and the proximal end broken. The left margin is part hinge fractured with a sharp flat edge. The right margin is serrated.The flint is pale and mid grey in tone with a tertiary cortex.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 143, No. 63, No. L. 206 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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