Record ID: LON-048111 - NEOLITHIC lithic implement

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LON-048111

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Neolithic flint incomplete lithic implement: backed blade

A Neolithic flint incomplete lithic implement: backed blade dating 3500 - 2100BC. This is the middle section of a robust backed knife; the distal and proximal ends are missing. There are approximately three longitudinal flake removal scars from the dorsal surface. The right edge has been secondarily worked to create the backed edge. There is some use/damage along the left edge. The flint is a mottled dark grey.

Dimensions: length: 39.57mm; width: 36.84mm; thickness: 12.03mm; weight: 24.58g.

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

Class: Backed blade

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: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 39.57 mm
Width: 36.84 mm
Thickness: 12.03 mm
Weight: 24.58 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: Teddington And Hampton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ1768
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 1 metre square.

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

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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