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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: GLO-19CAB1

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14 lithic implements 1, Microlith fragment. One side has retouch that has blunted one side. The tip has been snapped, this is an old break. This date to the Late Mesolithic. 2, Two semicircular scrappers. Slight remains bulb of percussion on the ventral. forward edge has scaled, abrupt, direct retouch. Mid grey colour with lighter patches, patina starting to form, the other is slightly darker with cortex covering much of the dorsal. Date Neolithic. 3, Two scrapers. One is triangular in shape with retouch down two sides that other is square with retouch down all four. No bulb of percussion on the ventral. The retouch is has scaled, abrupt, direct retouch. Mid grey colour with lighter patches, patina starting to form. Date Bronze Age. 4, Two awls. One has 70% cortex on the left side, both have short low angled retouch down one side of a point, the retouch on the artefact with the cortex in inverse. Both are mid grey colour with lighter patches, patina starting to form. Date Neolithic. 5, Five miscellaneous retouched pieces; All have been retouched with short, low angled flaking scars. Two are a grey flint with a patina forming the other three have creamy patinas the retouch has removed the patina, therefore these have been reused. All are probably Bronze Age. 6, Two Tertiary flakes. Mid grey colour. Date prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: 500000 BC
Date to: 500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 14

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 828

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: St Briavels

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Audit data

Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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