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Mesolithic Tranchet Flake
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Somerset County Council, Katie Marsden, 2011-09-21 13:49:22
Title
Mesolithic Tranchet Flake
Description
English: Tranchet shapening flake taken across the blade of a Mesolithic axe. The piece has clear ripples on the ventral face from being struck across the width of the blade. It is triangular in section with the dorsal face being the two sides of the axe blade. One side of the blade was relatively plain with only a few removals The other shows evidence for long semi-abrupt sub-parallel retouch along most of the blade. It is medium to translucent grey flint, 31.3mm long and 8.8mm by 7.4mm; it weighs 1.85 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 8300 BC and 3500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 463424
Old ref: SOM-9BBB64
Filename: SOM-9BBB64.JPG
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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/346837
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/346837/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/463424
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 16 November 2020)
Object location51° 04′ 17.4″ N, 3° 11′ 17.88″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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