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Description: | Flint pebble flake, ovoid in plan and plano convex in profile. The dorsal surface is convex with some large flake removal. The distal end is notched and the proximal end fractured. The left margin is cortex and the right margin has a steep vertically snapped edge. On the ventral side the right margin has a small natural cavity. The bulb of percussion remains on the proximal end.The flint is mid grey in tones with a secondary cream-coloured cortex.Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 169, Fig. 71, No. 8 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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