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Mesolithic blade core (profile)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2008-02-20 00:46:53
Title
Mesolithic blade core (profile)
Description
English: Flint single-platform blade core, ovate in plan, triangular in profile and trapezoidal in section. Flakes have been removed all of the way around the circumference of the core, from the platform edge, and only a very thin layer of cortex remains on a small part (about 15 mm) of the edge.

The flint is a mottled light grey colour and may have been derived from a local beach pebble which has since been exposed to heat and cold so that the colour of the flint has become lighter. The core has also been in contact with iron which has left staining on most of the edges. The length to breadth ratio is about 1:2.

Bond (2004) illustrates similar examples on page 120, Fig.5.104, No.71, dated to the later Mesolithic period, and on page 138, Fig.5.125, No.F4, dated to the earlier Neolithic.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 6500 BC and 2900 BC
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FindID: 210185
Old ref: CORN-A198A0
Filename: febr08finds 019.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/166030
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/166030/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/210185
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