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Description: | A bifacially worked flint tool which could loosely be termed a discoidal knife. The flint is pale grey with a heavy, matt, off-white patina and considerable iron staining. The implement is sub-circular in plan and has numerous flake removal scars on both faces. The flaking is mainly from the edges of the implement. The continuous cutting edge is straight,.The dorsal face is convex and the ventral face is much flatter, producing a plano-convex profile.Date: Neolithic - 3500 - 2100 BCDimensions: 85 mm x 70 mm x 29 mmWeight: 166 g
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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