Record ID: LON-9C2DE6 - MESOLITHIC lithic implement

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Lithic implement

Unique ID: LON-9C2DE6

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of A Mesolithic – early Bronze Age flint flake with denticulation dating 8,300-1,500 BC

A Mesolithic – early Bronze Age flint flake with denticulation dating 8,300-1,500 BC. This is a secondary flake with approximately 10% of the cortex remaining. There is some retouch along the proximal end and the right side. The retouch along the base (proximal end) which forms a serrated edge, the denticulation. The retouch has been worked from one side.

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

Dimensions: length: 27.71mm; width: 46.12mm; thickness: 8.47mm; weight: 8.82g.

Class: Denticulate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 8300 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 27.71 mm
Width: 46.12 mm
Thickness: 8.47 mm
Weight: 8.82 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: Greater London
District: Richmond Upon Thames
Parish: Richmond And Kew

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ1975
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 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Gardening [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Allotment [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009

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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