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1676 Lithic implements.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2007-04-19 16:14:09
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1676 Lithic implements.JPG
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English: Lithic implements

1) Miscellaneous retouch length 27mm, width 18mm, thickness 5mm. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal, the bulb is missing from the ventral, 30% cortex on the right side and tip. The left side has inverse scaled, long rough retouch, dark grey flint with lighter patches, this artefact dates to the Bronze Age.

2) Notched piece length 17mm, width 22mm, thickness 3mm. Multiple flaking scars on the dorsal, bulb of percussion on the ventral, direct, abrupt scaled retouch on the left side of the forward edge. Grey flint with a creamy patina, this artefact dates to the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age.

3) Fire damaged flint, length 32mm, width 29mm, thickness 10mm. This flint has been is a very high and long sustained heat. The high heat has resulted in cracking throughout the flint leaving the artefacts with a marble looking surface. This artefact date from the Palaeolithic through to the Late Iron Age.

4) 3 fragments of debitage. (not photographed) 2 Secondary waste flakes. average size length 25mm width 21mm, thickness 5mm. All have less then 50% cortex remaining. Date Prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.

1 Tertiary waste flake, average size length 22mm, width 15mm, thickness 6mm. prehistoric. This is a waste flake from the manufacturing process, prehistoric date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 500000 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 179651
Old ref: GLO-1E8D27
Filename: 1676 Lithic implements.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/135896
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/135896/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/179651
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