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Upper Palaeolithic flint retouched blade
Proximal portion of a unifacial leaf point made on a large patinated blade with a distal break. The blade is triangular in cross section and has parallel flake scars coming from the same direction as the blade itself.The butt is plain and fairly large. THe retouch scars are all on the ventral surface. They are flat and invasive and have resulted in the partial removal of the blades bulb of percussion. There is slight nicking down its lateral edges.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2007.47H/50.2
Find Information
Site Name: Goldcliff East, Newport: Gwent
Grid Reference: ST 373 819
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 2002
Notes: Unstratified.
Acquisition
Donation, 27/12/2007
Measurements
length / mm:81.5
width / mm:38
thickness / mm:16
weight / g:46.4
Material
flint
Location
In store
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