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flake
Object Type
flake
Museum number
+.8008
Description
Core edge removal flake from a quartzite discoidal core. The right edge of the flake is steep and shows the remnants of the platform from which the flakes detached from the dorsal were removal. The butt of this flake is dihedral and almost perpendicualr to the direction of the dorsal removals. Fresh-slightly abraded.
Cultures/periods
Middle Palaeolithic
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir William Boyd Dawkins
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Church Hole Cave
Materials
quartzite
Dimensions
Length:
4.30 centimetres
Thickness:
1.80 centimetres
Width:
4.70 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Cook & Jacobi 1998 / Discoidal Core Technology in the Palaeolithic at Oldbury, Kent
(p.134, fig.18.6.1)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Creswell Crags Excavation Committee
Acquisition date
1876
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
+.8008