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Description: | A lithic implement fabricated on a tertiary flake of dark brown and grey flint. The flake has a large bulb of percussion, most likely from a hard hammer strike, and ripples of percussion across the ventral face. There is a well-prepared, flat striking platform on the proximal end. The edges of the flake and much of the dorsal face have been extensively worked using both invasive, scaled, low-angle retouch and short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch to create edges that could be used for scraping. At the distal end, the flake has been worked into a point using short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch. This point may have been used as a borer. The hard hammer strike and the fine retouch suggest a possible late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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