An unusual Neolithic adze-like flint tool found at East Lavant, Sussex

An unusual Neolithic adze-like flint tool found at East Lavant, Sussex

Code: 2575

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Description: An unusual bifacially flaked adze-like flint tool with dense grey-white patination. The tool has a symmetrical posterior taper and is plano-convex in cross-section. Some patchy iron staining but in good condition, found at East Lavant, near Chichester, West Sussex.

Size: 122 mm/4.8 ins. in length

Culture: Neolithic

Date: Before 2000 B.C.

Provenance: Ex West Sussex private collection.

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