Record ID: DOR-B82A3D
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large flint blade flake or blade. A tertiary flake of heavily patinated and worn pale grey flint. The patina is matt and yellow-white. An elongate flake with a trapeziodal cross section. A wide striking platform at the proximal end and possibly broken distally. There is a wide bulb of percussion with radiating hackles at on the ventral face of the proximal end and widely space waves of percussion along the length. On the dorsal face are three main parallel flake removals and a smaller flake removal at the top. The patination is not typical of the usual calcareous Dorset soils. The e…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.