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Description: | A complete flint notched blade of Mesolithic date (6300-4300 BC). The bladelet is sub-rectangular in profile, and lozenge shaped in section. The dorsal surface contains nine predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. There is fine retouch to all edges with the exception of the proximal edge and a notch in the distal right hand edge. There is a small amount of cortex retained on the right hand edge. The ventral surface is slightly concave due to a bulb of percussion at the proximal end with ripples of percussions emanating towards the distal end.The flint is a light grey in colour with cream inclusions throughout, the cortex is a dark cream in colour.
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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