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Description: | Large flint nodule from which flakes have been removed. On one face there is a very worn natural fracture, probably frost shatter. Flakes have been removed from the core, working mostly from one end. This end appears to have been prepared with flakes removed from the frost shattered side to create a platform to work off. The flakes are large and some appear possibly blade like. There also appear to be some natural fractures and chips around the edge, obscuring some details of the original working. It is 86.3mm long, 72.5 wide and 19.7 thick and weighs 157 grams. The entire piece is very worn due to water action, further obscuring most of the details. It has built up a thick cream patina through re-cortexisation obscuring the colour of the flint.While in some ways it is similar in appearance to a Palaeolithic handaxe the direction of knapping from one end and removal of large flakes is inconsistent with the way they were formed. The frost shatter on one side has left it with a flat face and a D-shaped section, unlike the pointed oval section of a handaxe. It is possible it is a broken and reused piece but is more likely to be a casually utilised fragment which has shattered off a larger nodule. Such working is consistent with a Later Palaeolithic or Neolithic date.
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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