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Lower Palaeolithic stone flake
A flake with a hinge fracture on the ventral surface. Struck with a hard hammer from a plain striking platform. The dorsal surface has cortex covering approximately a quarter of the surface. The arretes are weathered.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
89.168H/2.F2668
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1989
Notes: Lower Breccia Grid square G4NW
Acquisition
Donation, 18/8/1989
Measurements
length / mm:58
width / mm:68.8
thickness / mm:15
weight / g:53
Material
rhyolitic tuff
Location
In store
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