Record ID: LON-8DBF26 - NEOLITHIC lithic implement

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Lithic implement

Unique ID: LON-8DBF26

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of A Neolithic flint blade flake (3500-2100BC).

A Neolithic flint blade flake (3500-2100BC). This is a secondary flake with approximately 20% of the cortex remaining. There are several flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. There is some damage to the flake. The flint is mottled mid – dark grey.

Dimensions: length: 36.51mm; width: 17.38mm; thickness: 7.68mm; weight: 5.42g.

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

Class: Flake

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: 36.51 mm
Width: 17.38 mm
Thickness: 7.68 mm
Weight: 5.42 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: TQ2362
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
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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