Core
This stone core dates from the Mesolithic and was found at Westward Ho! in Devon. Small flakes of flint called microblades could be struck from this, and hafted onto handles to form hunting tools.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- L129/1981/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint/chert
- Common Name
- core
- Simple Name
- core
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
