Record ID: CORN-C8CAA9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint discoidal knife, circular in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The knife has bifacial retouch, after taking off larger flakes at a shallow angle on both the dorsal and ventral face to flatten the piece and to remove the bulb of percussion on at the proximal end of the ventral face. The entire cirumference of the circular margin has also been retouched on both faces so that the whole edge could have been used by hand to cut material in a rotating motion. One side has not been backed for hafting where the flint would have been slotted into a wooden or antler handle.…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
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