2010-05-17 14:12:55 Kate Sumnall ksumnall 2010-05-27 13:20:00 Kate Sumnall ksumnall LON-140D75 LITHIC IMPLEMENT A Lower Palaeolithic flint lithic implement: biface dating 500,000 - 40,000BC. This tool has a pointed oval shape with an angular notch in one side. The notch is a result of thermal fracture but the knapper has worked around this in the process of creating the biface. The tool has no cortex remaining and flake removal scars cover both surfaces. There is evidence of more concentrated working along the left edges on both surfaces. The flint is pale grey with an orange patina. The edges are still sharp and there is very little damage or evidence of rolling. Dimensions: length: 126.74mm; width: 73.49mm; thickness: 33.24mm; weight: 252.00g. conservation Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London. A Lower Palaeolithic flint lithic implement: biface dating 500,000 - 40,000BC. This tool has a pointed oval shape with an angular notch in one side. The notch is a result of thermal fracture but the knapper has worked around this in the process of creating the biface. The tool has no cortex re... Flint Knapped/flaked PALAEOLITHIC PALAEOLITHIC Early PALAEOLITHIC Early -500000 -40000 72.26 126.74 33.24 Good Complete 2010-05-17 14:12:55 BEDFORDSHIRE MID BEDFORDSHIRE LANGFORD POINT( ) From Map TL14SE TL5124 29.06.2003 Gardening 1 LON Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.