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Description: | Flint flake, isosceles trapezoid in plan and splinter shaped in profile. The dorsal side is convex with an off centre mesial ridge. There is an angle-snapped distal end while the proximal end is part serrated cortex and part snapped cortex. The left margin is serrated and there is a notch on the upper right margin and serration on the lower. The ventral side is flat.The flint has cream tones with a secondary cortex also of cream in colouring.Mercer (1981) illustrates a similar example on page 143, Fig. 63, No. L. 203 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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