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Description: | A flint waste flake. A large secondary flake of relatively coarse, patchy dark grey and light grey nodule flint. The surfaces are patinated largely to a low gloss. There is a strip of abraded nodule cortex on the dorsal surface. At the proximal end is a small striking platform. On the ventral face is a distinct bulb of percusion with defined waves of percussion.On the dorsal face are several flaking scars, both elongate and broad ones ending in hinge fractures suggesting this is from the early stages of core preparation (the industry type is unclear). There is also an area of white patination along one edge which may be due to a weathered thermal crack in the nodule.Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - c. 2500 - 1500 BCDimensions:91 mm x 42 mm x 25 mmWeight: 77.5 g
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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