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Description: | Two flint and five worked chert fragments. The size of the individual elements of the assembly indicate that they are the debitage of Mesolithic microlith production. Also found eroding out of the same horizon were a number of heavily burnt stone. One lump of grit, over 15 cm across, was broken open to ascertain the extent of burning. The changes due to heat went through the entire stone, excluding the likelihood of the burning being due to a moorland fire. Some smaller burnt stones were also collected as well as number of larger pieces of chert taken from the same horizon. The latter show no definite signs of working but it cannot be ruled out at this juncture. Date btween c8300BC & c2900BC.Individual descriptions are as follows; 1 - white flint blade fragment, possibly cortex material and probably burnt. L 9.5mm, W 8mm, T 2.5mm, weighs under 0.1 gram. 2 - near transparent pale milky flint with multiple flake scars. L 10.5mm, W 8mm, T 3.5mm, weighs under 0.1 gram. 3 - black chert fragment, probably debitage. L 13mm, W 6mm, T 5mm, weighs 0.4 gram. 4 - grey chert microlith with a retouched point. Either crudely made, a bit of utilized debitage, or unfinished. L 15mm, W 5.5mm, T 5mm, weighs under 0.1 gram. 5 -Grey chert fragment with fossil shell inclusions. L 8mm, W 5mm, T 3mm, weighs under 0.1 gram. 6 - Black chert grading to grey at proximal end, with multiple flakes removed. L 7.5mm, W 4mm, T 4mm, weighs under 0.1 gram. 7 - Rather thick chert microlith, possibly originally a microburin. With grey, possibly cortex, chert at proximal end, the distal is high quality black chert. The boundary between the two forms of chert is very clearly defined. There are retouches to the ventral/distal edges and the highest dorsal/distal edge. L 9.5mm, W 5mm, T 3mm, weighs under 0.1 gram.see LANCUM-0F97C8 for further notes on this site.
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