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Description: | Dark grey flint fabricator. Flake of D section with covering angled scalar retouch of the dorsal side and a markedly concave ventral surface. The finder kindly identifies this as a Mesolithic tool by reference to Butler [nd], Prehistoric Flintwork, page 111 no. 17. The object is covered by dense white patina suggesting a long period of exposure after its initial deposition. The patina is interrupted by short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect along one long side, and by a shorter run of angled retouch executed from the ventral aspect. Both sites have subsequently accumulated very slight misty patina. This may suggest the recovery of a long-discarded tool, perhaps from a regularly visited campsite, and its reuse for a short period before its final deposition and burial shortly thereafter. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.Length: 49.4mm, Width: 16.8mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 7.91gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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