Record ID: LON-140D75 - PALAEOLITHIC lithic implement

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LON-140D75

A resized image of Lower Palaeolithic biface

A Lower Palaeolithic flint lithic implement: biface dating 500,000 - 40,000BC. This tool has a pointed oval shape with an angular notch in one side. The notch is a result of thermal fracture but the knapper has worked around this in the process of creating the biface. The tool has no cortex remaining and flake removal scars cover both surfaces. There is evidence of more concentrated working along the left edges on both surfaces. The flint is pale grey with an orange patina. The edges are still sharp and there is very little damage or evidence of rolling.

Dimensions: length: 126.74mm; width: 73.49mm; thickness: 33.24mm; weight: 252.00g. conservation

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

Class: Biface

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 40000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 126.74 mm
Width: 72.26 mm
Thickness: 33.24 mm
Weight: 252 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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Bedfordshire
District: Mid Bedfordshire
Parish: Langford

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL1840
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 1 metre square.

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

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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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