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Description: | A tertiary flint flake. Sub circular in plan with a hinge termination. The ventral surface features a bulb of percussion with a bulbal scar and ripples resulting from the concoidal fracture. The visibility of these features suggests the use of a hard hammer in knapping. Therefore this flake probably dates from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.The dorsal surface features concoidal ripples running at right angles to the ventral surface. The grid reference has been written in marker pen on this surface. The left edge is thicker and irregular. The flint tapers to a thin section at the opposite edge.The flint is a semi-translucent brown. The thicker edge shows some blue/grey patination on the dorsal side. There is a small circle of white patination at the distal end of the ventral face. This flake measures 22.54mm long x 19.92mm wide x 2.72mm thick. It weighs 1.17g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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