Record ID: CORN-C8D3A1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife, triangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with a layer of cortex at the proximal end. The knife is retouched on all margins and invasively retouched across both the dorsal face and the ventral face. The right margin of the ventral face has been particularly worked into a notched edge at the base of the blade, just above the cortex layer, probably for hafting. The proximal end expands to a rounded terminal and the distal end has been worked into a point and has a slight notch on the left margin of the ventral face, but this may be due to damage in use. …
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.