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Description: | A complete flint blade core dating to the Late Mesolithic (7000-4000BC). The core is conical (almost triangular in section) with one striking platform to create narrow flakes, leaving multiple negative scars. The core has a prepared platform which is sub-rectangular in plan, from which blades have been removed through soft hammer percussion and parallel striking on opposing sides. A small section of light orange brown cortex remains on one side near the proximal platform. The flint is a dark brown grey with white patches, is 27.60mm in length, 29.08mm wide, 20.16mm thick, and weighs 18.81g.This is a relatively small core, suggesting it could have carried around and maintained for continued use to produce small blades as required over time. Broader flakes are indicative of an earlier Mesolithic date, with a general move towards narrower flakes in the later Mesolithic.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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