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Description: | A complete ovate flint blade core of late Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC), quite heavily worked with clear negatives of microlith extraction from the ventral and dorsal surfaces, possibly a core tablet. Ventral surface shows one large negative to the proximal end and multiple smaller negatives around the outer ventral surface all of which contain some cracking ripples. The dorsal surface still maintains some lighter cortex and demonstrates heavy longer bladelet shape negatives to the right hand side, while the left side shows extensive working of far smaller microliths. All negatives on the dorsal surface show cracking ripples or notching at point of impact.The object is dark grey with lighter grey to brown cortex present on the dorsal surface.Due to the small, regular size of the negatives the date placed as the late Mesolithic.A similar example can be seen within the database, Unique ID; CORN-A198A0.
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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