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Description: | Dark grey flint of good quality with cortex, possibly collected from the East Coast. Mesolithic Core from manufacture of bladelets, of sub-triangular shape in profile with long parallel curving flake removal scars all around from hard hammer working from the dorsal aspect. A flat sub-rectangular surface on the ventral side may mark core rejuvenation. The finder kindly suggests a Late Mesolithic date, citing Butler, C. (2005), Prehistoric Flintwork, History Press, plate 30 no. 3. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.Length: 32.7mm, Width: 23.3mm, Thickness: 13.3mm, Weight: 12.69gms.
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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