Record ID: LON-796C55 - NEOLITHIC lithic implement

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Lithic implement

Unique ID: LON-796C55

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of A Neolithic flint tool, probably a knife (3500-2100BC).

A Neolithic flint tool, probably a knife (3500-2100BC). This tool has been made on a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are several flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. There is a lot of edge damage but some retouch is visible on the left edge, there may be retouch along other edges or the distal end but the damage is obscuring the detail. The flint is mottled grey with iron staining.

Dimensions: length: 64.50mm; width: 27.18mm; thickness: 10.65mm; weight: 19.70g.

Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.

Class: Knife

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 64.5 mm
Width: 27.18 mm
Thickness: 10.65 mm
Weight: 19.7 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Surrey
District: Epsom And Ewell
Parish: Ewell

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ2361
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Jon Cotton - [view all attributed records]

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