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Unique ID: SF-34B426
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A partially patinated flint blade of possible final Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic date. It is struck from a grey/brown flint with patinated blue/grey surfaces, snapped at the proximal(?) end and with hinge fracture at the distal(?) end. The blade is triangular in cross-section with limited invasive flake removal on both facets of the dorsal face. Both sides of the blade have small opposing areas of 'bruised' edge damage, probably as a result of usage. It measures 149.64mm in length, 44.91mm in width, 20.64mm in thickness, and 119.23g in weight.
This is a flint 'bruised' blade. It forms one part of a larger assemblage of flint blades, flakes, and tools, all found together on spoil excavated from a single pit during the construction of a soakaway. The complete assemblage finds close parallels to excavated long blade assemblages and industries in the surrounding landscape, most notably those recently published in the immediate vicinity at Brandon (E. Martin in Tester et al., 'Staunch Meadow, Brandon, Suffolk' EAA 151, 2014: p. 26). The presence of long blades (backed blades and bruised blades/lame mâchurée) within the assemblage suggests at least a Mesolithic date for the group, potentially extending into the final stages of the Upper Palaeolithic, perhaps c.12,000-4,000 BC.
Class: Blade
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 12000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 149.64 mm
Width: 44.91 mm
Thickness: 20.64 mm
Weight: 119.23 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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SMR reference number: BRD 248
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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