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Description: | An early Neolithic truncation burin dating to the period c. 4000 - 3501 BC. The burin is formed on a tertiary flake, there is no cortex remaining. The bulb of percussion exhibits a bulbar scar. The burin is D-shaped in profile and broadly U-shaped in plan. The dorsal side shows five negative scars from previous flake removals divided by four arrises. Both ventral surfaces, including the new surface created by the removal of the burin spall have been abruptly retouched as has the distal end. The flint is a translucent dark grey in colour with some patches of milky dark grey.
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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