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Description: | Two worked / knapped core rejuvenation flakes dating to the early Neolithic period, circa 4000 - 3500 BC.The larger core rejuvenation flake is broadly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section. A small area of cortex indicates that the flake is from the secondary phase of working of the core. Possible area of heavy patination on the dorsal face, but more probably a flaw in the flint. The flaw or impurity of the flint would explain the removal of the flake from the rest of the core. Light speckled patination present on all the other surfaces. The flint is even mid / dark brown in colour, fine grained and opaque. A minimum of 7 parallel removal scars present on the dorsal face producing long, thin blades or flakes. Conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 27.94mm. Width: 18.45mm. Thickness: 10.52mm. Weight: 5.03gThe smaller core rejuvenation flake is broadly semi circular in plan and D-shaped in cross section. No cortex is present indicating that it is from the tertiary phase of working of the core. The flint is light brown / grey in colour, fine grained and translucent. Multi-direction working on dorsal face producing long, thin blades or flakes. A minimum of 4 parallel removals with another 2 parallel removals at a 45 degree angle discernible. A bulb of percussion and faint conchoidal ripples present on ventral face.Length: 24.99mm. Width: 15.94mm. Thickness: 4.62mm. Weight: 1.52gA preliminary interpretation of the flints, prior to recording, by P Reavil is that the assemblage is indicative of a site used sporadically / periodically in the later Mesolithic period and more intensively in the Neolithic with the core use of the site being between Early - Middle Neolithic 4,000 BC - 2750 BC. With sporadic use in Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age. (pers. comm. P. Reavil, March 2014)
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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