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MICROBURIN

Unique ID: WMID-F084B0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A collection of three knapped microburins, dating to the Mesolithic period between c. 8000 BC - c. 4000 BC (length ranging from 11-21mm; average thickness: 3mm; collective weight: 1.74g).

A bulb of percussion and ripples or 'lunettes' are visible on the ventral (lower face) side of the largest piece. Multiple arrises are on all but one piece, with normally 2-4 arrises on the dorsal (upper face) side.

In his 2004 publication 'Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics October 2004, Version 1',page 209, C J Bond describes microburins as 'a by-product of the manufacture of microliths, formed by working a notch into the edge of a blade by an anvil technique. This process will then cause the blade to break obliquely, giving a microburin with a pointed break, 'piquant triedre'. The diagnostic feature is the burin notch or 'facet'. This technology occurs throughout the Mesolithic. However, in the Later Mesolithic with the reduction in blades and bladelets, this determines that the microburin is also reduced in size'.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Post 8000 BC
Date to: Ante 4000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.74 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th October 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
District: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Cradley and Wollescote (Metropolitan District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO9383
Four figure Latitude: 52.44491793
Four figure longitude: -2.10441408
1:25K map: SO9383
1:10K map: SO98SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bond, C.	2005	PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics	London	The Portable Antiquities Scheme	page 209

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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