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Description: | A Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic flint blade.The conchoidally fractured blade is of sub-rectangular plan and its surfaces are a heavily patinated white. At least three longitudinal arrises are visible on the dorsal surface, interrupted at one point by a fossil inclusion, which has resulted in a step fracture. A small portion of the core platform remains at the proximal end, with an adjacent bulb-of-percussion on the ventral surface. The edges show no evidence of retouch.Dimensions: length: 45.1mm; width: 16.6mm; thickness: 8.4mm. Weight: 3.15g.
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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