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Description: | Flint knife, triangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with a layer of cortex at the proximal end. The knife is retouched on all margins and invasively retouched across both the dorsal face and the ventral face. The right margin of the ventral face has been particularly worked into a notched edge at the base of the blade, just above the cortex layer, probably for hafting. The proximal end expands to a rounded terminal and the distal end has been worked into a point and has a slight notch on the left margin of the ventral face, but this may be due to damage in use.The flint is a slightly translucent honey colour, which suggests that it might have been derived from local flint that was mined in East Anglia at sites like Grimes Graves during the Neolithic period. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:1 which is appropriate for a knife of this type.Bond (2004) illustrates flint knives with similar features on pages 145 & 147, figs.5.131 & 5.133, nos.27 & F174, which are dated from the Beaker period.
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