BERK-0B0118: Neolithic-Bronze Age Lithic Implement

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-0B0118

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Neolithic-early Bronze Age flint flake. There are three flake removal scars on the ventral surface. The surface has a white patination with iron staining. Dimensions: length 55.01mm; width 34.90mm; thickness 9.72mm; weight 24.0g

Notes:

Found during Weekend Wanderers Rally 1-2 Sep 2007

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 55.01 mm
Width: 34.9 mm
Thickness: 9.72 mm
Weight: 24 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Tkt no. 96

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Lockinge

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: Rally
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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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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