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Description: | This is a segment of a blade which may have been reused. The proximal and distal ends have been broken off and the thickness of the ends is pitted, suggesting burning. (There is also some fine cracking and some spalls.) The left dorsal shoulder has abrupt retouch which spreads over onto the distal tip. The dorsal face ha sa central ridge with flake removals to either margin. The flattened portion may have been a backing opposite the "nibbled" right margin. The left margin below this blunted area is "nibbled" and the whole length of the blade may have been sharp on each side. There is a notch in the proximal half of the right dorsal margin, which has been made from the ventral face, but may have been the result of a damaging impact. The whole piece is badly abraded.The piece is made from a tan flint with darker brown veins. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble but this is difficult to confirm with only tertiary cortex.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar piece on Page 143 Fig 63 No L194 which he calls a blade segment and dates to the Mesolithic.
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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