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Description: | 81 flint tools and 26 pieces of debitage collected during fieldwalking over numerous years. The tools date in the main to the Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, however there are some possible Mesolithic pieces included too.
1= Flake with a cortex striking platform from translucent flint. Worked into a hollow scraper 52x38x8mm
2= Flake with a linear striking platform from translucent flint. Worked into a small knife 34x20x4mm
3= End scraper, probably late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic in date. 36x29x6mm
4= Convex scraper or plano-convex knife from translucent flint 57x22x8mm
5= Burin minus spall 32x23x6mm
6= Broken tool, possibly from a chisel 72x25x15mm
7= Pot lid worked as a knife 45x25x8mm
8= Round scraper with slight thermal damage on the ventral face 28x26x7mm
9= Thermal flake utilised as a knife/scraper 45x35x13mm
10= Probably a hafted knife blade 47x10x3mm
11= Scraper 35x26x7mm
12= Scraper with a flat striking platform from black and white matt flint (broken) 44x32x7mm
13= Round scraper reworked into a graver 35x34x8mm
14= Translucent flint flake with a thermal scar worked 38x26x6mm
15= Scraper with a cortex striking platform 30x26x7mm
16= Broken scraper with a faceted striking platform 34x28x7mm
17= Knife 38x27x14mm
18= Plano-convex knife 33x18x8mm
19= Broken knife with notch for finger protection 53x21x5mm
20= Mesolithic scraper 34x22x5mm
21= Scraper with dihedral striking platform, white patina 35x22x10mm
22= Knife, possibly for left hand use. Damaged flat striking platform 37x27x6mm
23= Thumbnail scraper with inverse retouch; edge damage 25x22x5mm
24= Old flake reused by a later culture; cortex striking platform 35x25x10mm
25= Notch/burin combination tool 44x16x7mm
26= Thumbnail scraper, partly thermal flint 22x22x4mm
27= Side scraper with faceted striking platform 27x20x6mm
28= Broken blade with a linear striking platform, possibly Mesolithic 37x16x3mm
29= Derivative of a petit tranchet 35x26x8mm
30= Possible projectile point 41x16x6mm
31= Knife with a possible haft element 47x20x9mm
32= Side scraper 29x27x5mm
33= Crude knife 47x30x6mm
34= Flake from thermal flint, used as a scraper 47x38x15mm
35= Flake with double strike, used as a knife. Flat striking platform 45x38x5mm
36= Broken scraper, reworked as a burin 36x24x7mm
37= Thermal flake, sampled 40x32x12mm
38= Flake with a faceted striking platform used as a small knife 26x25x5mm
39= Flake with faceted striking platform and retouch, partly thermal 32x24x2mm
40= Plunging flake used as a scraper with a handle 34x21x6mm
41= Broken flake used as a knife with finger protection 41x25x5mm
42= Flake with a faceted striking platform shaped as a scraper 25x30x8mm
43= Scraper, possibly for wood? 44x12x5mm
44= Broken scraper reused as a graver 24x25x5mm
45= Scraper or knife on flake with a cortex striking platform 46x33x8mm
46= Scraper with edge damage from thermal flint 38x28x13mm
47= Side scraper with a flat striking platform 27x21x8mm
48= Scraper with a cortex striking platform 33x35x8mm
49= Scraper with a faceted striking platform and edge damage, retouch is inverse 32x32x8mm
50= Hinge flake 22x24x5mm
51= Flake, could be used as a graver. Cortex striking platform and feathered terminal 39x23x5mm
52= Hollow scraper, possibly a left-handed piece. Cortex striking platform 51x36x18mm
53= Side scraper, faceted striking platform 37x22x11mm
54= Scraper with end damage 28x22x7mm
55= Derivative form of a petit tranchet (see Clarke, J.D.G 1934) 23x20x5mm
56= Scraper ready for hafting 38x30x8mm
57= Broken knife blade with a faceted striking platform 31x12x2mm
58= Unsuccessful trial shot for a burin 35x20x4mm
59= Broken scraper with a flat striking platform 42x27x10mm
60= Side scraper with flat striking platform 32x35x10mm
61= Hinge flake worked as a knife 38x25x8mm
62= Thermal flake utilised as a hollow scraper/knife 44x23x8mm
63= Hafted plunging flake utilised as a hollow scraper 56x20x12mm
64= Hinge flake utilised. Faceted striking platform 40x28x6mm
65= Graver 34x28x9mm
66= Early burin 26x18x5mm
67= Scraper with edge damage 34x34x10mm
68= Broken blade utilised as a notch 28x28x12mm
69= Step fractured side scraper 32x30x15mm
70= Broken scraper 32x32x10mm
71= Broken knife 61x20x12mm
72= Broken perforator from thermal flake 45x38x10mm
73= Sample nodule (thermal from strike) 60x30x13mm
74= Irregular core 28x32x15mm
75= Core scraper/burin 52x20x145mm
76= Hollow scraper 50x30x13mm
77= Broken side scraper 24x20x5mm
78= Broken knife with a cortex striking platform 31x20x6mm
79= Notch 37x20x13mm
80= Small knife 28x14x2mm
81= Cylindrical knife 32x25x15mm
26 pieces of debitage | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -5000
-1000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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