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Description: | A microlith worked from a blade of translucent brown flint. The blunted back is crescent in plan. The other lateral edge is also blunted with abrupt reouch for half its length to leave a free blade to the convergent tip. The tool may have been hafted but it is possible to use it as a knife if the fingers are not cold. This site is good for microliths and was likely the edge of wetlands in Mesolithic times.Chris Butler in 'Prehistoric Flintwork' illustrates a similar example on page 101, fig. 39, 18.The examples at Clodgy Moor and seen at Exeter Museum are very small. In Britain this is a sign of Later rather than Earlier Mesolithic date but may also reflect small available pebble resources.
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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