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Mesolithic microburins.
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2006-02-24 14:45:56
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Mesolithic microburins.
Description
English: A collection of three knapped microburins, dating to the Mesolithic period between c. 8000 BC - c. 4000 BC (length ranging from 11-21mm; average thickness: 3mm; collective weight: 1.74g).

A bulb of percussion and ripples or 'lunettes' are visible on the ventral (lower face) side of the largest piece. Multiple arrises are on all but one piece, with normally 2-4 arrises on the dorsal (upper face) side.

In his 2004 publication 'Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics October 2004, Version 1',page 209, C J Bond describes microburins as 'a by-product of the manufacture of microliths, formed by working a notch into the edge of a blade by an anvil technique. This process will then cause the blade to break obliquely, giving a microburin with a pointed break, 'piquant triedre'. The diagnostic feature is the burin notch or 'facet'. This technology occurs throughout the Mesolithic. However, in the Later Mesolithic with the reduction in blades and bladelets, this determines that the microburin is also reduced in size'.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dudley
Date between 8000 BC and 4000 BC
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FindID: 123736
Old ref: WMID-F084B0
Filename: WMID-F084B0.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/93482
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/93482/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/123736
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