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Upper Palaeolithic flint backed blade
Shoulder-backed blade. The piece has marginal irregular chipping along one edge. There are two pieces glued together. There isn an impact fracture with associated spalling at the proximal end and the distal end feathers away towards a terminal snap. The piece has a white patination.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
83.98H/6
Find Information
Site Name: Lynx Cave, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl
Grid Reference: SJ 1974 5936
Collection Method: excavation
Measurements
length / mm:37.7
width / mm:14.7
thickness / mm:5.1
weight / g:1.7
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