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Description: | A complete Mesolithic flaked flint pick, or 'Hassocks Adze' (9000- 4000 BC). Butler 2005: 103, fig. 42).This implement is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section.It has a shiny yellow/buff patina with purple staining from marine organic plant growth. The arrises are sharp.Length: 148.0mm; width: 57.9mm; thickness: 46.5mm. Weight not recorded.Found on the surface of a shingle bank within the inter-tidal zone.Butler, C. 2005. Prehistoric Flintwork. Tempus Publishing. Stroud.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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