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Description: | This piece is shaped like a cockle shell. The ventral face has a bulb and the striking platform has been snapped. There is no apparent retouch from this face, but the piece is heavily abraded. The dorsal face is concave, sloping down to the long right margin and the distal end. This edge is serrated, probably from use wear.The flint is orange grey in colour. 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 131 Fig 57 No L110 which he calls an edge trimmed flake and dates 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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