File:1629 Mesolithic Lithic Piercer (FindID 177954).jpg

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1629 Mesolithic Lithic Piercer.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2007-04-18 16:38:38
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1629 Mesolithic Lithic Piercer.JPG
Description
English: Lithic piercer length 38mm, width 18mm, thickness 5mm. One arise on the dorsal with 10% cortex remaining, small bulb of percussion on the ventral suggesting I was soft hammered. Short, low angled, bi-facial retouch on the left side. Short, sub-parallel, direct retouch on the last half of the right which have formed a point at the distal end. Dark grey flint with, darker and lighter patches. Similar artefacts have been found in excavations at sites such as Star Carr and have been dated to the Mesolithic Period (Butler, 2005, 112-113) Butler, C, 2005, Prehistoric Flintwork, Tempus. Clark, J.G.D, 1971, Excavations at Star Carr (second edition), Cambridge University Press.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 6500 BC and 3500 BC
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FindID: 177954
Old ref: GLO-C936C7
Filename: 1629 Mesolithic Lithic Piercer.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/135705
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/135705/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/177954
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Object location51° 51′ 02.88″ N, 1° 14′ 33.76″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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