Rights Holder: Northamptonshire County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NARC-EB7851
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint piece of Debitage of Mesolithic to Bronze Age date (9000-1200 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The dorsal has two predominant negative scars and corresponding arrises. The proximal and distal edges have been blunted. The right hand edge has numerous peck marks while the left retains a minor amount of cortex. The left and right hand edges have some semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is predominantly flat with some deep ripples of percussion emanating from the left hand edge.
The flint is dark grey in colour with light grey inclusions. The cortex is light brown. The lithic retains a minor amount of cortex and is therefore a secondary flake.
Length: 24.88mm, Width: 27.80mm, Thickness: 10.18mm, Weight: 8.0g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 1200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.88 mm
Width: 27.8 mm
Thickness: 10.18 mm
Weight: 8 g
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Overstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8065
Four figure Latitude: 52.27733699
Four figure longitude: -0.82885285
1:25K map: SP8065
1:10K map: SP86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NARC-A38247
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
A complete flint debitage/blunted scraper of Mesolithic date (9000 to 3450 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan in plan and plan…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NARC-EB6079
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
A complete flint piece of Debitage of Mesolithic to Bronze Age date (9000-1200 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NARC-A32F04
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broadperiod: MESOLITHIC
A complete piece of flint debitage/scraper of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and concavo-convex in …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618