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Description: | Flint flake, though probably used as a blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan but tapered towards the proximal end, sub-rectangular in profile and bi-convex in section. It tapers towards the proximal end, possibly to form a tang, and is snapped at the distal end. There is extensive retouch. There are feature suggesting it may have been a projectile, such as the tang, but the lateral edges are nearly parallel, so it is very unlikely to have been an arrowhead. The flint is olive-green but there is no cortex, so it is classed as tertiary.Mercer (1981) shows a similar example, though described as a flake rather than a blade, on page 143, Figure 63, Number L197.
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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