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microblade (left margin)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2020-03-19 13:17:54
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microblade (left margin)
Description
English: A flint micro-blade of the Mesolithic period 34 mm in length, 10.5 mm width and 3 mm in thickness. Both margins on the dorsal face are retouched to create the sharper edges. Part of the bulb of percussion remains on the ventral face at the proximal end with the resulting conchoidal ripples extending across the face to the opposite distal end. No cortex remains so this is a tertiary flake and may be a distance from where it was knapped as a product of the Mesolithic blade industry. The flint is pale grey with bands of darker grey flint so it has been derived from a local beach pebble.

Bond (2004) illustrates groups of very similar micro-blades from the earlier Mesolithic site at Thatcham, Berkshire on p.108, fig.5.92, nos.L49-L53 and the later Mesolithic site of Oakhanger, Hampshire on p.116, fig.5.100, nos.1-3.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Devon
Date between 9000 BC and 4000 BC
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FindIdentifier: 995391
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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/1096937
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1096937/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/995391
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Other versions FindID 995391 has multiple images: 1096935 1096936 1096937 search
Object location50° 58′ 33.6″ N, 4° 29′ 08.95″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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