KM248 (Prehistoric Chert Flake) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Chert, microcrystalline, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) with narrow, dissipating bluish black veins. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Flaked Stone Tool
Description
Secondary noncortical flake. Notched piece with additional retouch. Very large, plain platform. Retouch on left edge is alternating, large, flat, scalar, irregular, forming sinuous edge. Retouch on distal edge is direct, medium, steep, irregular. Retouch on right medial-proximal is inverse, large, straight, irregular, forming stout notch.
Preservation description
Intact. Thin patches of encrustation.
Published as
Kardulias2022, pp. 1217, 1218, 1222, 1223, no. 933, fig. 26.1
Length
0.0271
Thickness
0.0075
Weight (kg)
0.00908
Width
0.027
Material
Chert (Material)
Drawing
Photograph