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.<\/p>
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Dimensions: length: 126.74mm; width: 73.49mm; thickness: 33.24mm; weight: 252.00g. conservation<\/p>
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Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2010-05-17 14:12:55","updated":"2010-05-27 13:20:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":null,"datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":null,"dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":"1","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Flint","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Knapped\/flaked","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Complete","preservation":"Good","cert":null,"periodFrom":"PALAEOLITHIC","periodTo":"PALAEOLITHIC","discmethod":"Gardening","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"BEDFORDSHIRE","district":"MID BEDFORDSHIRE","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Map"},{"old_findID":"LON-B7F836","id":"281432","uniqueID":"0014B2B806A0137F","objecttype":"Lithic implement","classification":"Scraper","subclass":null,"length":"40.74","height":null,"width":"48.75","thickness":"16.19","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"PALAEOLITHIC","numdate1":"-500000","numdate2":"-300","culture":null,"description":"
A Prehistoric flint scraper. This is a secondary flake with approximately 10% of the cortex remaining on the dorsal surface and approximately 1% on the ventral surface. There are several flake removal scars on the dorsal surface but some of these will be due to later damage. The flake is roughly triangular in plan with the butt forming a point and the proximal end forming a wide edge. There is some retouch along the proximal edge. There may also be some working around the left proximal corner creating a point which could work as a borer or awl. The flint is dark grey and glossy.<\/p>
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Jon Cotton states that he can't be more precise with dating because it is an atypical type.<\/p>
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Dimensions: length: 40.74mm; width: 48.75mm; thickness: 16.19mm; weight: 26.18g.<\/p>
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Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-12-18 13:15:22","updated":"2011-02-24 13:47:20","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2009-12-01","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Found whilst searching the foreshore","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":"1","dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":"1","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"dpett","fullnameUpdate":"Daniel Pett","primaryMaterial":"Flint","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Knapped\/flaked","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"PALAEOLITHIC","periodTo":"IRON AGE","discmethod":"Other chance find","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"GREATER LONDON","district":"CITY OF LONDON","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Map"}]},"params":{"broadperiod":"palaeolithic","createdby":"523","format":"json"}}