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Description: | No retouch or flaking except that inflicted before implement struck. Wear abrasion/chipping along the working edge, which is still sharp. Opposite edge is flattened, partially cortex covered, and the product of the prepared core, as is the remainder of the reverse surface. Deep flake removed, being struck from the mediuum sized facetted striking platform, and which extends 30cm into the flake. From here on mid-rib present. Medium bulb, large bulbar scar. Evident exaggerted ripples of percussion. Possibly used as a knife. Condition good.
Material: Flint (Chert impure)
Flint flake from Coigneux | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.133687 | Go to resource |
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