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Description: | A near complete knapped lithic knife of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. The knife, which is an elongated oval in plan and slightly convex in cross-section with the apex in cross section being off-centre is bi-facialy worked with extensive retouch.Due to extensive invasive retouch the original attributes of the flint flake from which the knife was formed have being lost (ie. striking platform, ripples and bulb of percussion). The distal edge of the knife has been invasively retouched on both the ventral and dorsal faces to form an arched tip and this retouch then continues on both faces along one edge of the knife running along to the proximal end of the blade. Although there is evidently some retouch along the opposite edge of the knife this is less systematic and irregular; this edge is thicker in section and despite the effects of modern damage appears to be the side originally used for hafting the blade onto a handle.The flint has a mid to light mottled grey-white patina with some orange-brown staining.in summary the knife is an invasively-retouched knife of the later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2900 BC - 1800 BC). This type of knife is suggested due to the thickening towards one lateral edge, forming a more steep angle towards the edge compared to the other edge which is more likely to be the cutting edge; Reference: Butler, C. 2005 Prehistoric Flintwork Tempus, p. 54).
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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