File:Palaeolithic, Flint chopper - tool (FindID 400553-292113).jpg

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Palaeolithic: Flint chopper / tool
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2010-08-04 10:19:19
Title
Palaeolithic: Flint chopper / tool
Description
English: A possible Upper Palaeolithic flint chopper / tool, possibly dating to between 40, 000 BC and 10, 000 BC.

The find consists of a sub oval piece of a light brown flint nodule. It has been formed from either a flake of a large nodule or from the nodule itself. The flint tool has been damaged by movement in the soil due to plough roll and as such is badly abraded.

There is a small amount of evidence of direct percussion (conchoidal ripples) to the distal edge, to potentially form a serrated edge. However this could be the result of damage due to plough roll.

The flint tool measures 77.93mm in length, 53.53mm wide and 31.36mm thick. It weighs 79.2 grams.

Finds of Upper Palaeolithic date are rare, especially from Shropshire.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Shropshire
Date between 40000 BC and 10000 BC
Accession number
FindID: 400553
Old ref: WAW-EC5E20
Filename: WAW-EC5E20_6.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/292119
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/292119/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/400553
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