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Description: | Knapped flint fabricator made on a large flake of Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age date. The bulb of percussion has been removed but the percussion ripple and visible. It is triangular in section with a central ridge on the dorsal face becoming thicker at the proximal end. There is retouch all around the edge: abrupt, scalar, short to long retouch down the sides and long, parallel, abrupt retouch around both ends. The right side (seen from the dorsal face) is straight while the left has a series of shallow notches. The flint is mid grey with paler mottling. It is 63.2mm long, 21.5mm wide by 12.2mm thick; it weighs 20.38 grams.Fabricators are a recognisable and distinctive tool type however their function and dating is poorly understood.
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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