LITHIC IMPLEMENT

9 undated, 10 Mesolithic and 6 Neolithic lithic implements.

24 are made on flint and 1 (C5)is made on chert.

Top to bottom, left to right:

A1 Mesolithic flint blade. Made on flint, light to mid grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece, crested on one side of parallel ridge. Late Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic -13000 to -4000. SK723 243

A2 Mesolithic flint flake. Made on flint, light grey brown opaque patina. Tertiary piece, possible burin spall removed along right lateral edge, edge has been finely retouched nonetheless (short, abrupt). Bi-directional flake scars on dorsal. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK723 243

A3 Mesolithic flint blade. Made on flint, light brown opaque patina. Tertiary blade, bi-directional flake scars on dorsal. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK7701 2553

A4 Undated flint flake. Made on flint, light greyish brown opaque patina. Secondary piece, abruptly retouched on distal end. SK7697 2547

A5 Neolithic flint point or arrowhead. Re-used material. Notched and abruptly retouched all over to produce implement. Retouched areas have different patina to the rest of the piece. Length 38mm Width 24mm Thickness 10mm Weight 7.2g Early to Late Neolithic -4000 to -2200. SK723 243

B1 Mesolithic flint blade. Snapped. Made on flint, light blue opaque patina. Secondary piece, unidirectional blade technology. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK726 244

B2 Mesolithic flint blade. Made on flint, mid-brownish-grey opaque patina. Tertiary blade, bi-directional flake scars on dorsal. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK7265 2415

B3 Neolithic flint arrowhead. Made on flint, light greyish-brown opaque patina. Secondary piece, flaked into a crude point/arrowhead. Length 37mm. Width 37mm. Thickness 5mm. Weight 5.5g. Early to Late Neolithic -4000 to -2200. SK7706 2568

B4 Neolithic flint point. Made on flint, light greyish-brown opaque patina. Secondary piece, abruptly retouched on distal end and notched on the left lateral edge to create point. Length 39mm. Width 19mm. Thickness 6mm. Weight 3.9g. Early to Late Neolithic -4000 to -2200. SK721 243

B5 Neolithic flint arrowhead. Made on flint, light greyish-brown opaque patina. Secondary piece, obliquely snapped on distal end. Thinned and notched at the base for hafting. Length 31mm. Width 29mm. Thickness 6mm. Weight 4.5g. Early to Late Neolithic -4000 to -2200. SK7696 2557

C1 Undated flint core fragment. Made on flint, light bluish-grey opaque patina. Unidirectional core fragment, very rolled. SK7696 2557

C2 Mesolithic flint blade. Snapped. Made on flint, light grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece, bi-directional blade technology. Distal end of blade which served as opposed platform. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK7699 2559

C3 Undated flint core. Made on flint, light brownish-grey opaque patina. Small unidirectional core. Length 25mm. Width 37mm. Thickness 22mm. Weight 25.8g. SK7696 2557

C4 Neolithic flint oblique point. Made on flint, mid grey opaque patina. Thick flake from orthogonal core flaked into oblique point. Length 39mm. Width 29mm. Thickness 9mm. Weight 11.5g Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic -9000 to -2200. SK726 244

C5 Undated chert core tablet. Made on chert, light grey opaque patina.SK7691 2555

D1 Neolithic flint flaked flake. Made on flint, mid-grey opaque patina. Thick flake that has been flaked all over and retouched (semi-abrupt, short, scaler). Early to Late Neolithic -4000 to -2200. SK7689 2553

D2 Undated flint flake. Made on flint, light grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece, dihedral butt, hard-hammer struck. Unidirectional flake scar on dorsal. SK7265 2415

D3 Mesolithic flint flake. Made on flint, light blue opaque patina. Secondary piece, bi-directional technology. Notched on right lateral edge. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK721 243

D4 Mesolithic flint combination tool. Made on a flint flake, light speckled creamy-brown opaque patina. Secondary flake, burin removal on right lateral edge and distal end worked into an awl. Length 33mm Width 23mm Thickness 10mm Weight 7.8g Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000. SK723 243

D5 Undated flint flake. Made on flint, light grey opaque patina. Secondary flake.SK7265 2415

E1 Undated flint core fragment. Made on flint, light creamy-grey opaque patina. Burnt, with craze-cracking all over. SK7703 2559

E2 Undated flint flake. Made on flint, light greyish-blue opaque patina. Secondary piece, unidirectional flake scar on dorsal. Broken piece. SK724 243

E3 Mesolithic flint blade. Snapped. Made on a flint flake, light, speckled, creamy-brown opaque patina. Tertiary blade. Mid-section of a snapped blade. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000 SK721 243

E4 Undated flint flake. Made on flint, light greyish-blue opaque patina. Secondary piece, unidirectional flake scar on dorsal. Broken piece, hard-hammer struck, plain butt. SK721 243

E5 Mesolithic flint notch. Made on flint, light greyish-cream opaque patina. Secondary piece. Broken distal fragment of flake. Notched, Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic -9000 to -2200. SK723 243