Record ID: DOR-8C2CE2
Object type: DISCOIDAL KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacially worked flint tool which could loosely be termed a discoidal knife. The flint is pale grey with a heavy, matt, off-white patina and considerable iron staining. The implement is sub-circular in plan and has numerous flake removal scars on both faces. The flaking is mainly from the edges of the implement. The continuous cutting edge is straight,.The dorsal face is convex and the ventral face is much flatter, producing a plano-convex profile. Date: Neolithic - 3500 - 2100 BC Dimensions: 85 mm x 70 mm x 29 mm Weight: 166 g
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
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Record ID: SOMDOR185
Object type: DISCOIDAL KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Bronze Age discoidal knife. The flint is dark grey-brown with a glossy patina. The knife has been created by pressure flaking over most of both faces. There is a fresh fracture at one end (plough strike). Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2350 to 1600 BC Dimensions: 40 mm x 35 mm x 11 mm Weight: 14 g
Created on: Friday 8th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
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