Record ID: SUR-C90FC1
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large and heavily recorticated flint blade which has been retouched along one side using long, low angle and semi abrupt scaled and stepped retouch. The other long edge retains cortex along its length; the distal end narrows to a square terminal with a hinge fracture. This is possibly identifiable as a backed blade of Final Late Upper Palaeolithic date (c. 13,000 BC) although such tools were produced throughout prehistory.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-83F002
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large, incomplete flint backed blade. A tertiary flake of mottled light grey flint with off-white patches. The surface is matt. The blade has been snapped at the proximal end.There are waves of percussion visible on the ventral face. There are three parallel flaking scars dorsally. The blade has a trapeziodal cross section. The distal end has been broken off. There is semi-abrupt retouch along both long sides, one side wroked from the ventral face and the other worked from the dorsal. Date:Neolithic c. 3500 - 2100 BC Dimensions: 54 mm x 22 mm x 6.5 mm Weight: 11 g
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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