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Upper Palaeolithic flint burin
Busque burin (atypical) with deep patination, no retouch and an absent platform. The tool has a heavy white patina. The pebble surface is yellowish and present on the dorsal surface/ There is red sediment staining the scars on the surface. The burin has one blow on the left hand side and three on the right hand side.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
24.94/1.116
Find Information
Site Name: Paviland Cave, Rhossili
Grid Reference: SS 4370 8587
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1912
Acquisition
Donation, 12/3/1924
Measurements
length / mm:40.0
width / mm:22.3
thickness / mm:14.0
weight / g:13.5
Material
flint
Location
St Fagans Life Is gallery : Prehistoric and Roman Death
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