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Bronze Age Debitage
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2016-10-06 12:42:04
Title
Bronze Age Debitage
Description
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Two knapped flint flakes with small areas of retouch. The crude thick flakes, broader than they are long, suggest a Bronze Age date, 2350-800 BC.

1. Tertiary flake with no cortex. bulb of percussion on ventral face, removal scars on dorsal may suggest multi-platform working. long, parallel, semi-abrupt retouch down one side on the dorsal face.13.9mm by 38.8mm by 8.3mm 8.60g. Mid-brown opaque flint with mottling.

2. Secondary flake with cortext on one edge. Large bulb of percusison on ventral face and large scar on dorsal face from previous renmoval from the same platform, breaks down edge opposite the cortex. Shallow, short, scalar retouch on the ventral face at th distal end. Dark brown flint with paler mottling. 37.1mm by 35.8mm by 8.7mm 12.18g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 2350 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 807646
Old ref: SOM-3BA068
Filename: SOM3BA0682.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/585505
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/585505/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/807646
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2020-11-09)
Object location50° 56′ 49.92″ N, 2° 48′ 47.48″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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