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DAGGER

Unique ID: SF-AFF8C5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A leaf shaped flint dagger, measuring 171mm in length, 50mm in width and 12.7mm in thickness. The tip is missing and one edge beside the tip is apparently reworked with steep edge retouch. Elsewhere there is fine all-over bifacial shallow flaking. The butt end is flatish and has a thicker cross-section than the tip half. The flint is a pale to medium grey and is atypical of the majority of local flint though reminiscent of flint axe coluring, suggesting a possible import into the area.
Flint daggers were introduced as part of the so-called 'beaker package,' although Upper Palaeolithic forms are also known. They are likely to represent flint copies of the earliestr metal daggers and date from the European Copper Age and British Early Bronze Age, circa 2500-2000BC. They represent one of the finest and rearest types of flint implements of the early Bronze Age in this country.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 2000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 171 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 12.7 mm
Weight: 108.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Hockwold Cum Wilton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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