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Description: | Smoky brown with greyish patch. A fine specimen of a double pointed bifacial sickle. The serrated edge is relatively straight while the unserrated one is slightly curved. Also in cross section, the serrated edge is somewhat thicker than the unserrated one. There is no evidence that the tool was ground to shape before it was poressure-flaked. It should also be noted that both the serrated ans the unserrated edges show gloss, caused by cutting silica-bearing grass. They were, therefore, both used for the same purpose. This may reflect on the method in which the tool was hafted (perhaps it was hafted from one of the narrow ends?).
Level: Unstratified (cultivation), 14a,
Material: Stone
Material: Flint | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.525222 | Go to resource |
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