2010-02-03 18:27:58 Kate Sumnall ksumnall 2011-02-24 13:47:20 Daniel Pett dpett LON-9BE0F1 Lithic implement A Mesolithic – Neolithic flint blade dating 8,300-2,100 BC. This blade is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are five vertical flake removal scars on the dorsal surface showing where other blades were removed from the core. There are two notches on the right edge near the distal end but it is unclear whether these are original or more recent damage. There is some possible retouch along the left edge and near both distal and proximal ends but there is also evidence of modern damage and the tip of the distal surface is missing. Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London. Dimensions: length: 52.71mm; width: 16.71mm; thickness: 5.23mm; weight: 5.25g. A Mesolithic – Neolithic flint blade dating 8,300-2,100 BC. This blade is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are five vertical flake removal scars on the dorsal surface showing where other blades were removed from the core. There are two notches on the right edge near the dista... Jon Cotton notes that this assemblage of flint is not from one episode of activity within one period, rather it is part of the ‘background noise’ of typical material that would be widely found on floodplain areas. Similar assemblages are known in Richmond Park, the foreshore at Kew and Barnes. The flint is orangey-umber and it is gravel flint which is to be expected because it was found on the terrace gravels, essentially this is the local material. This is one flint from quite a large scatter over the area. Flint Knapped/flaked MESOLITHIC MESOLITHIC Early NEOLITHIC Late -8300 -2100 16.71 52.71 5.23 Incomplete 2010-02-03 18:27:58 GREATER LONDON RICHMOND UPON THAMES RICHMOND AND KEW POINT( ) From Map TQ17NE TQ5117 29.06.2003 Gardening 1 LON Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.