leaf point
- Museum number
- +.8192
- Description
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Distal end of a leaf point made on a flint blade. Flat sub-parallel retouch covers dorsal surface and the right side of the ventral surface. Small, scalar marginal retouch occurs on the left ventral edge. The edges taper towards a point damaged by an ancient break. Slightly abraded and edge damaged. White patination.
- Production date
- 45000BC-40000BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 4.80 centimetres
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Weight: 99 grammes
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Thickness: 0.60 centimetres
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Width: 3.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Illustrated on p.293 of R. Jacobi 'Early Upper Palaeolithic Artefacts from Beedings, West Sussex and the Context of Similar Finds' in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 73, pp.229-325.
Object originally found in two pieces - the distal end is in the British Museum's collection with registration number +8192 and the proximal end is in the collection of Manchester Museum.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- +.8192