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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-B8D384

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A Mesolithic to Neolithic unretouched bladelet. The flint is a lingulate shape in plan and has a creamy white patina. Circa 8300 BC-2100 BC. Dimensions: length 34.40mm; width 16.22mm; thickness 3.77mm; weight 2.91g

Notes:

This is just part of a large scatter of finds across the field that includes Prehistoric lithics, Roman, Medieval - Post Medieval.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.4 mm
Width: 16.22 mm
Thickness: 3.77 mm
Weight: 2.91 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1978 - Thursday 1st January 2004

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's collection number: 276

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Chipping Norton

Spatial coordinates


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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Returned to finder.
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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