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Description: | Two retouched fragments of knapped flint flakes or blades.1. Part of a very large, thin, tertiary blade or flake with natural breaks around three edges. The fourth side is complete and has long, parallel, semi-abrupt to shallow retouch along the entire edge. It is made on dark grey flint and is 22.0mm by 12.6mm by 4.0mm thick; it weighs 2.70 grams. from such a small section it is hard to be sure of the form of the original tool but it may have been some sort of scraper of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date.2. Proximal end of a knapped tertiary flint blade. Bulb of percussion on ventral face, irregular break across distal end. There are some breaks on the dorsal face but the remaining aris and direction of the ripples may suggest multi-directional working. There is lots of chipping around the edge but at the proximal end of both edges there may be some very crude retouch or use-wear chipping. One one side (the right seen form the dorsal face) this is on the ventral face and has created a straight edge. the opposite edge has chipping on the dorsal face creating two notches. It is 33.0mm long, 17.7mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 3.01 grams. The blade like proportions but possibly multi-directional working may suggest a 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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