Re: Is this a stone age tool?
- From: "Tedd Jacobs" <t...jacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:03:11 -0600
<hugglebuggleburger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
I dug this up on my allotment in West London. Could it be a stone age
tool? Any ideas? I was digging almost three feet down. It just doesn't
look like your average bit of flint.
http://picasaweb.google.com/hugglebuggleburger/StoneTool240920071931
my complements to you on the photos, very well done.
my first reaction is to question the context in which it was recovered
(issues tom mcD already addressed). personally, i see no reworking of the
lateral margins, no prepared platform, and no shatter. but like tom, i do
not know the material. given what i can see from the photos, it may be a
reduction stage flake, but without any context or knowledge of the local
area, i cannot commit to providing you with that assertation. my second
reaction is that you probably have an ecofact, but then again without a
knowledge of the local context...
if you are able to garner any information from a local archaeologist, we
would thuroughly enjoy hearing about it.
.
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