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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: GLO-564933

Object type certainty: Certain
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1) Truncated piercer. One arise on the dorsal with 40% cortex on right side. Signs of direct, short, parallel retouch at point, the bulb is missing from the ventral. Grey patina. Date Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic. 2) Flake. Signs of direct retouch on right mesial. Bulb of percussion on the ventral, the top of the flint has been truncated. Creamy patina with light grey patches. Date Neolithic. 3) Blade. with slight bulb of percussion. Snapped distal end. Sub-parallel abrupt retouch on the right mesial. Direct retouch on the left mesial. Creamy-grey patina. Date Neolithic. 4) Secondary waste flake, creamy patina, 10% cortex. Date Prehistoric. 5) Truncated flake. Light grey patina with patches of mid grey. Bulb shows some scars. Possible notch on right mesial. 6) Oblique arrowhead. Invasive flaking scars, the bottom right corner is extended to form a single tang. Grey patina. Signs of frost damage on ventral side. Date Late Neolithic. 7) Truncated blade. One arise on the dorsal, slight bulb on the ventral. Yellowy grey patina. Date Late Mesolithic. 8) Probably truncated blade. One arise on the dorsal, no bulb on the ventral. Creamy patina, only the middle section remains. Date probably Late Mesolithic.

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Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Post 500000 BC
Date to: Ante 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 8

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 1132

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: Tidenham

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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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