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Last Post 14 May 2008 12:33 AM by slc304. 0 Replies.
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14 May 2008 12:33 AM

Hi guys,

Ive been interested in achaeology for a long time. A few days ago I was out running and stumbled across a number of flints that had been dug up by moles in a field. I know for certain I have one arrowhead and two rather nice scrapers. There are however a couple of pieces that I am not so sure about. I was wondering if anyone could help and tell me what this one is (if at all anything).

 

It is an irregular piece of flint approximately 8cm in length with a thin front section and a much thicker 'bulbus' rear section. The front shows signs of napping and i believe it would once have been quite a sharp edge. The bottom and right surfaces are completely smooth (polished if you like) and almost perfectly straight. I can just make out ripples along the surface that i presume were made when the flint was struck. Im thinking this could be another scraper.....? Can anyone shed some light please?

 

Links to the pictures are here:

 

http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00002oj3.jpg

 

http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00010yd4.jpg

 

http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00009vw7.jpg

 

http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00017vu8.jpg

 

Cheers,

 

Sam

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