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Description: | A complete flint microlith blade of Mesolithic date (9500-4300 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile. The dorsal surface is convex with four predominant negative scars and corresponding arrises. The proximal edge has been abruptly blunted. The distal, left and right hand sides contain semi-abrupt retouch and there is a shallow notched aspect in the right hand edge. The lithic retains minor amount of cortex along the left hand edge making this a secondary flake. The ventral surface is smooth and concave with a small bulb of percussion situated at the proximal edge.The flint is mid grey in colour with cream inclusions throughout, the cortex is 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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