BERK-2D0FE6: Palaeolithic tool

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-2D0FE6

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

A Middle Palaeolithic flint flake (40,000-8,300BC). This is a primary flake with approximately 50% cortex remaining. This is a hinge fractured flake with no retouch. Orange brown flint with thick patina. Dimensions: length: 30.47mm; width: 30.57mm; thickness: 6.84mm; weight: 7.30g.

Notes:

This assemblage of tools has been made from the same flint, they have the same patination and the ridges have been flattened. They have come from a secondary context from the gravel.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: 40000 BC
Date to: 8300 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.47 mm
Width: 30.57 mm
Thickness: 6.84 mm
Weight: 7.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Banbury

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Returned to finder.
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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