Record ID: WILT-6C84BC
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Neolithic flint core rejuvination flake dating to the period c. 4000 - 3501 BC. The flake features five parallel negative flake removal scars on one surface from the production of blades and bladelets. The rejuvination flake has been struck off the core at a ninety degree angle to these scars. The bulb of percussion is diffuse and the flake terminates in a hinged fracture. The core rejuvination flake retains c. 40% cortex. There is some evidene of platfor preparation on the opposite surface to the removal. The flint is a mottled grey in colour, with some patination. The co…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
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