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Description: | A flint retouched blade of unknown date, probably Mesolithic to Neolithic, about 10,000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on mottled tan and gray flint which is not patinated. It is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded distal end, and has a double dorsal ridge making it trapezoidal in section. It has short, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch on the distal end of both sides, and there is edge damage along both sides, perhaps suggesting utilisation as a cutting tool. The retouched areas could have functioned as scrapers, or could be backin on a possible knife. It is 53.06mm long, 13.72mm wide and 5.5mm thick. 3.81g.
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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