File:Bronze Age retouched flake (FindID 744570).jpg

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Bronze Age retouched flake
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Denise Wilding, 2015-11-04 14:25:38
Title
Bronze Age retouched flake
Description
English: A Neolithic to Bronze Age retouched flint flake, dating to the period c. 3300-1000 BC. The piece appears to have been retouched to produce a scraper. Both faces are flat and exhibit no evidence of striking. The piece exhibits abrupt, short, sub-parallel retouch whcih is continuous around c. 60% of the edge. It retains no cortex. The flint rangesin colour from light grey to light brown, with light grey inclusions.

It measures 26.33mm in length, 22.03mm in width, 4.28mm in thickness and weighs 4g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 3300 BC and 1000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 744570
Old ref: SOM-675083
Filename: SOM675083.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/539284
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/539284/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/744570
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