File:Bronze Age to Iron Age retouched flake (FindID 745744).jpg

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Bronze Age to Iron Age retouched flake
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2015-10-15 11:30:36
Title
Bronze Age to Iron Age retouched flake
Description
English: A retouched flint flake tool, probably dating from the Bronze Age to Early Iron Age.

The secondary flake is sub-triangular and unpatinated, with a translucent, yellowish-brown colour. The ventral surface has a clear conchoidal fracture with pronounced bulb-of-percussion and bulbar scar, indicative of hard hammer production. Retouch, confined to a small area on the left-hand side is long, sub-parallel and low angle.

Length: 47.4mm; width: 39.6mm; thickness: 9.5mm. Weight: 13.64g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 2350 BC and 400 BC
Accession number
FindID: 745744
Old ref: BH-F7F5C5
Filename: Flint_15_107_22.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/536752
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/536752/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/745744
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Attribution: St. Albans District Council
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