Another recent find is my largest Neanderthal flake tool, a cutting blade of (IMO) exquisite beauty.
This blade is considerably bigger than any I have seen coming from the Mousterian rich sites of France and is nothing like anything I have seen found in the UK......so I think it is pretty rare
The 1st photo shows the previous flake scars and the cutting edge/tip. When I first found it I went on to waste an hour searching for more of the tip, thinking it was originally pointed, but later when examined closely (with reading glasses on) I could see it was complete and as struck.
N03 shows the bulb and also some of the retouch down the edges, to produce a slight seration
Hope you enjoy it :0)
This blade is considerably bigger than any I have seen coming from the Mousterian rich sites of France and is nothing like anything I have seen found in the UK......so I think it is pretty rare
The 1st photo shows the previous flake scars and the cutting edge/tip. When I first found it I went on to waste an hour searching for more of the tip, thinking it was originally pointed, but later when examined closely (with reading glasses on) I could see it was complete and as struck.
N03 shows the bulb and also some of the retouch down the edges, to produce a slight seration
Hope you enjoy it :0)
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