Rights Holder: Derby Museums Trust
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: DENO-8AC724
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A patinated flint implement, possibly a reworked natural flake or earlier debitage. Dr Kevin Leahy says: "the utilisation of natural flint was a practice characteristic of the Later Bronze Age and Iron Age".
The surface shows a recorticated patina with what may be iron staining. Rough scaled retouching along the edge seems to cut this recortication, suggesting re-use. There is what may be a burin at the tip of the implement.
Length 51.9 mm, width 16.7 mm, thickness 8.8 mm. Weight 8.4 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.9 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 8.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Thursday 30th November 2017
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8642
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Cotham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7947
Four figure Latitude: 53.01448437
Four figure longitude: -0.82390215
1:25K map: SK7947
1:10K map: SK74NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: LEIC-F73FDD
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: UNKNOWN
25 lithic implements, 6 undated, 2 Mesolithic, 12 Neolithic, 3 Bronze Age and 1 Modern.
23 are made on flint and two (A4, C3) are made o…
Workflow: Published
Find number: LEIC-DB603F
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: UNKNOWN
10 undated, 1 Palaeolithic, 4 Mesolithic and 10 Neolithic lithic implements.
18 are made on flint and 7 (A5, B3, C1, E1, E2, E3, E4) ar…
Workflow: Published
Find number: ESS-6B238A
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: BRONZE AGE
A natural flake with evidence of retouch, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age (1000-800BC). The object is oval in shape with evidence of s…
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