File:Upper Palaeolithic blade (FindID 1030874).jpg

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Upper Palaeolithic blade
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, John Naylor, 2021-06-28 18:06:54
Title
Upper Palaeolithic blade
Description
English: Flint blade, with roughly triangular section dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic, c. 13,000-9,000BC.

The flake is mottled off-white recortified flint with a dark core a small area of the original cortex is visible on the flake's dorstal surface showing it to be a secondary product. Weak ripple marks on the ventral surface emanating from below a narrow bulb of percussion and platform at the narrow end. The blade is curved along its length.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 13000 BC and 9000 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1030874
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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/1146904
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1146904/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1030874
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Object location51° 52′ 07.68″ N, 2° 06′ 08.93″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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