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The Rohri Flint Quarries

Flint pre-core

An almond shaped pre-core recovered from the bottom of quarry pit 862. A pre-core is the working stage preceding the manufacturing core. Any nodule from which a few flakes have been removed in order to obtain a flat surface from which to start the manufacture of blades is a pre-core.

Raw Materials
Chert
Rohri
Photograph
Paolo Biagi
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