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A Mesolithic Microlith
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Susheela Burford, 2020-04-09 18:59:13
Title
A Mesolithic Microlith
Description
English: A flint probable Mesolithic microlith dating from 8000 - 4000 BC. It is a Group C microlith (see Clarke no. 13 (cited in Butler 2005: 93 fig. 35)), which is triangular, formed on patinated opaque grey flint. One long edge and the base have abrupt, parallel, short retouch and one end is pointed.

Butler (2005: 88) notes that microliths were used in a number of different tools and weapons, most frequently as the tip/point of a wooden shaft or as a number of barbs along the sides of an arrow shaft. 

The overall dimensions are as follows: 19.03mm in length, 5.01mm in width, 2.43mm in thickness and 0.25g in weight. 
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 8000 BC and 4000 BC
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FindIdentifier: 996988
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1099824
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1099824/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/996988
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Object location52° 18′ 52.56″ N, 1° 34′ 47.03″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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