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Title: Flint flake
Item Name: Tools and Equipment

Description:

A tiny oval flint flake with broad narrow flakes struck from its dorsal side. A small striking platform at one end and a bulb on the ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one end edge; an adjacent long curving edge is so finely serrated/chipped tha tit is discernible only by touch.Possibly Early Bronze age (2350-1600BC approx). Found at Weedley Springs, Welton (grid reference SE 970301).


Year: 2350-1600BC
Culture: Bronze Age
Materials: flint
Measurements: L:1.4cm; W:1.13cm; T:0.3cm; Wt:0.59g
ID_Number: ERYMS (BAG) : 2020.17.9