Blade
This stone blade dates to the Mesolithic period and comes from Westward Ho! in Devon. Blade making was the most common type of stone technology in the Mesolithic. It had the advantage of producing sharp pieces of flint of consistent sizes and shapes. Some of these were then used to make microliths.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 42/2003/113
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint/chert
- Common Name
- blade
- Simple Name
- blade
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
