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# Backed blade

Flint backed blade. Direct abrupt retouch occurs along the left edge and the right edge is modified by inverse scalar subparallel scars which terminate in step fractures half-way across the ventral surface giving a 'mashed' or heavily utilised appearance.

- **Kind:** artefact

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.car-18-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.car-18-1) · Pramāṇa
