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Description: | A knapped / struck flint core rejuvination flake probably dating from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age periods, circa 3500BC-1500BC. The rejuvination flake is tertiary debitage worked in multiple directions. It is broadly semi-circular in plan and sub-triangular in section. The flint is poor quality, almost chert, with distinctive heavily mottled colours ranging from light grey to a reddish orange. The surfaces of the flint are shiny. The majority of the ventral surface is smooth with a bulb of percussion, bulbal scar and concoidal ripples easily discernible. There is some damage to the distal end, possibly caused by the plough. The dorsal surface has suffered damage to both ends, also possibly caused by the plough. The dorsal surface has a single, curving central ridge with evidence of pressure flaking to one side of the ridge possilbly with the intention of making a burin. P Reavil suggests that the flake was originally removed from the core due to the poor quality of the flint and may subsequently have been re-worked to form a burin (pers. comm. P Reavil, March 2014.)The core measures 27.81mm in length. The width is 16.28mm. Thickness is 5.44mm. Weight: 2.38g
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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