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Description: | Knapped chert end scraper made on a tertiary flake. There is part of the striking platform at the proximal end and a small bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The percussion has angled in slightly with a hinge at the distal end so the flake thickens and includes the point at the distal end of the core. There are multiple parallel aris running down the dorsal face fram previous blade like removals from the same platform. The sides are chipped, obscuring any retouch. Visible retouch extends around the distal end and is short, scalar and abrupt, becoming long and sub-parallel at one corner where the blade is thicker.It is 45.9mm long, 24.5mm wide and 8.0mm thick; it weighs 10.76g. The chert is a dark brown.The repeated parallel blade removals from the same core, and other material found nearby, suggest a Mesolithic date, 10,000 to 4,000 BC with the acidental hinging at the distal end making this piece thicker than normal.
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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