Record ID: YORYM-DA26C3 - MESOLITHIC tools and equipment

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TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Unique ID: YORYM-DA26C3

A resized image of Mesolithic to Neolithic : Tool

A large knapped tool, made from basalt.

The tool has a triangular section, with two sides being wider than the third. All three sides have been heavily knapped and well finished. One terminal is slightly broken. The opposite terminal has been polished and ground possibly as a result of being used as a chisel or similar tool. This polishing gives the terminal, on the narrow side of the tool, a very smoth and rounded appearance. This wear pattern can also be seen on the surface opposite. The basalt has a dark greyish-black surface colour.

This tool and its material are both very unusual for the British Isle, but Basalt is found in the British Isle, so it could be a native tool. However, it is also possibly that the tool was brought over some time ago from the Americas and lost in a rural context. If this is a native tool it may date to the mesolithic to neolithic period.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 175 mm
Width: 27.7 mm
Thickness: 20.6 mm
Weight: 130 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone [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: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Hambleton
To be known as: Aiskew

Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: MR Stuart Ogilvy - [view all attributed records]

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