PALAEOLITHIC PICK

-800000

A complete struck / knapped quartzite unifacial elongated pick of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC).A series of flat retouch scars are presented. The pick exhibits working on the exterior (lower) face only (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The cortex has been hammered flat creating a flattened interior. The butt has also been flattened and just above there is a smooth indent which is almost like a thumb print. On the exteriors right side there is concentrated area of knapping where there is concaving and below it is fairly straight to the midpoint down to the butt. On the exteriors left side from the butt to the midpoint there is a flat concave where there has been knapping and then convexes to create a point at the tip.Length: 145.33 mmWidth: 60.44 mmThickness: 60 mmWeight: 567 gReference: Graf, A., 2004. 'A cause for wonder: preliminary observations on further Palaeolithic surface finds by Ron Waite from around Nuneaton, Warwickshire'. Lithics - Journal of the Lithic Studies Society. 78-100.