BUC-C95145: Neolithic Flint Serrated Implement

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

SERRATED IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BUC-C95145

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A possible Neolithic serrated implement, dating to c. 4500-1500 BC. Flint, mottled white and grey surface with occasional orangy spots, near the platform edge is a darker grey. Sub triangular shaped. Pronounced bulb of percussion on the ventral face suggesting a hard hammer, defined ripple marks across the surface. Retouch creating a serrated edge on both sides, 5 teeth per cm. Length: 62.9mm, width: 30.9mm, thickness: 8.2mm, weight: 12.21g.

Notes:

Found in a rabbit hole.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 62.9 mm
Width: 30.9 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 12.21 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th November 2018

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4847

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cookham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU8886
Four figure Latitude: 51.56601878
Four figure longitude: -0.73179435
1:25K map: SU8886
1:10K map: SU88NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: KENT-1BD0E1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A prehistoric, struck or knapped, medium size, worked flint- probable side and end scrapper. Sub-rectangular/oval shape, slightly plano-conca…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: KENT-CEA5E8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
Prehistoric, knapped or flaked, medium size, flint, waste flake or debitage. Sub-rectangular/oval irregular oval shaped, slightly plano-conca…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: KENT-CF0F1D
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
Prehistoric, knapped or flaked, fair size flint waste flake or debitage. Irregular pentagonal shape, convex dorsal and concave ventral surfac…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.