File:Bronze Age retouched flake (FindID 744752).jpg

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Bronze Age retouched flake
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Denise Wilding, 2015-10-26 11:06:27
Title
Bronze Age retouched flake
Description
English: A Bronze Age retouched flint flake, probably used as a scraper dating to the period c. 2350-800 BC. The flake exhibits a striking platform and bulb of percussion on its ventral face. The dorsal face exhibits two parallel negative flake scars and semi-abrupt, short, sub-parallel retouch along one mesal side. It is a secondary flake and retains c.20% cortex of the dorsal surface area. It is light grey in colour with white and dark grey inclusions.

It measures 21.81mm in length, 14.19mm in width, 4.65mm in thickness and weighs 2.01g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 2350 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 744752
Old ref: SOM-7A7AB5
Filename: SOM7A7AB5.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/537922
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/537922/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/744752
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