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Description: | A complete flint plano-convex knife of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c.2700 BC to c.1600 BC).The knife is of an elongated pointed sub-oval shape, with a flat, hinge fracture at the distal end. The knife has a D shaped cross section.The flint is of a dark mottled grey-brown colour. Remains of the cortex (outer rind) are present along the midline of the dorsal surface and this is an orange-brown colour. The knife has been made from a piece of secondary debitage.Extensive invasive, almost 'covering', retouch is present along both edges of the dorsal surface but other than the pointed tip does not meet due to the existence of cortex down the midline . The retouch can be classified as: Long / Sub parallel / semi-abrupt.Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including: WMID-F23B97; HESH-BD97A2; SWYOR-B645D2 and SUR-E41676. These knives are sometimes referred to as ' 'slug knives' in that they are shaped broadly like large slugs.
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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