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Upper Palaeolithic flint backed blade
Concave truncation with no patination, stepped scalar retouch of inverse type. The platform is absent.
Cheddar point with retouch on both angles and long the edge. There are two small nicks out of the vetral side along the cutting edge. The tool has a white patina.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
24.94/1.286
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:60.1
width / mm:16.5
thickness / mm:6.1
weight / g:4.5
Material
flint
Location
In store
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