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Description: | Toffee coloured clouded and opaque flint. Knife. Narrow rod shaped blade. Four very long parallel flake removal scars on the dorsal aspect confer an angular plano-convex profile; very faint rippling on the ventral side shows where the flake was detached from a core. Some slight abrasions along the edge have been smoothed. Though the object has a glossy surface overall, possibly a result of curation in antiquity, the context could equally suggest this appealing finish to be the result of wave action.Kevin Leahy kindly comments as follows: 'An interesting object. Without retouch the Object Type for this should be DEBITAGE and then it should be described as a Blade [these amendments duly implemented]. What really interests me is its condition. The surface of this flint looks like 'desert gloss' due to it being polished by blown sand. I have seen this on flints that have been lying around in a periglacial environment and I would be happy to see this piece dated to the Upper Palaeolithic'. Suggested date: Upper Palaeolithic, 40-000-10,000 BC.Length: 42.4mm, Width: 8.2mm, Thickness: 5.0mm, Weight: 2.01gms.
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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