Microlith
Microliths, such as this from Westward Ho! in Devon, are typical Mesolithic stone tools. They were probably used as arrowheads, or glued into a handle to use as a cutting tools. Microliths were made from microblades, which could be produced quickly and with consistent size and shape.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 135/1986/7
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- microlith
- Simple Name
- microlith?
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
