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Description: | An incomplete prehistoric knapped flint implement, possibly a Neolithic flint chisel (3500-2100 BC). The object has broken in a large hinge fracture approximately one-half to two-thirds of the way down the tool-end. It seems that the butt of the implement and the majority of its body is intact. The remains of the implement consist of a narrowed, thin butt-end, which still maintains a small degree of cortex; the body has been knapped carefully overall to shape into a thin oval cross-section, visible at the break. Both ventral and dorsal surfaces have symmetrical rises, unlike adzes. The flint has an overall reddish-brown patina, with some areas of taupe coloured inclusions. It measures 78.3 mm long, 11.6 mm minimum width (butt-end), 26 mm maximum width (break-end), 6.7 mm minimum thickness (butt-end), 13 mm thickness (break-end), 14.8 mm maximum thickness (middle); it weighs 35.5 grams.It is similar in plan and cross-section to a Neolithic chisel illustrated in Butler 2005, p. 143, fig. 59, no. 6.
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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