File:Flint flake (FindID 74279).jpg
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[edit]flint flake | |||
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Photographer |
Sussex Archaeological Society, Liz Wilson, 2004-09-09 17:07:14 |
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Title |
flint flake |
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Description |
English: A possible scraper, made by trimming a large flint flake that has been struck from a prepared core. The large striking-platform and pronounced undulations on the ventral surface suggesting a strike by a hard hammer. The piece appears to have come off in the correct shape, and received no further trimming, although a small flake appears to have been removed on the ventral side from the striking platform- perhaps this came away during the initial strike. The dorsal surface displays numerous negative scars, of earlier trimmings of the core, all apparently irregular. The whole piece has a white or light grey patina, indicating the growth of a new cortex. The fact that there is no secondary working on this piece suggests that it may be merely a large waste flake from a core; an idea which is further suggested by the small areas of remaining cortex (approx. 3% of the total surface) at the opposite end from the striking platform. The uneven edges back up this hypothesis, as neither is straight enough to be used as a decent scraper, although one appears to have received some wear in the distant past- these small wear flake-scars are covered by the white proto-cortex layer. The crude nature of the piece suggests an Upper Palaeolithic date (c.10,000 B.C.). |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) West Sussex | ||
Date | between 10000 BC and 1500 BC | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 74279 Old ref: SUSS-03C7A5 Filename: Image 4-13.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/35684 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/35684/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/74279 |
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current | 14:55, 1 February 2017 | 1,944 × 1,916 (197 KB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Portable Antiquities Scheme, SUSS, FindID: 74279, palaeolithic, page 1723, batch direction-asc count 11071 |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON |
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Camera model | E5400 |
Exposure time | 5/419 sec (0.011933174224344) |
F-number | f/5.1 |
ISO speed rating | 50 |
Date and time of data generation | 06:54, 27 July 2004 |
Lens focal length | 11.8 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 20:41, 27 July 2004 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 06:54, 27 July 2004 |
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Image compression mode | 2 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Tungsten (incandescent light) |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 0 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 57 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
IIM version | 2 |