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LITHIC ASSEMBLAGE

Unique ID: SF-2D3327

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

Group of surface-collected worked flints of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date. They include (1) one 'Tortoise' type core, ovoid, 58x44mm, and 25mm thick, plano-convex in form:(2-6) Five oval scrapers, four with cortex and one large (54mm long) and well-formed without cortex;(7), a retouched flake 33mm long, (8) a large retouched flake 43mm long and 33mm wide, ending in a hinge fracture, and (9) a long flake (blade) 47mm long by 19mm wide and c5mm thick, with parallel flake scars on dorsal face. The tortoise core is probably late Neolithic, while the remainder may be late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age in date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Palgrave

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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