Record ID: CORN-9C4D20
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint saw, trapezoidal in plan, rectangular in profile and triangular in section. There is finer retouch on the right margin of the dorsal face, creating the serrated edge used for sawing, and the left margin is backed for handling. The proximal end has been snapped off at the bulb of percussion and there is a layer of cortex remaining on the dorsal face at both the proximal and at the distal end, suggesting that this is a primary flake. These two patches of cortex are connected by the medial ridge which runs almost parallel with the left margin, as it is also slightly curved. The dis…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2015
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Record ID: CORN-197CE6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isles of Scilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Group of fifty flint implements, thirteen of which are photographed here as the best worked pieces, including a leaf-shaped arrowhead, two gravers, three blades, three notched flakes and four scrapers, all dating from the Neolithic period c.4500-2100 BC. The majority of the group, eighteen, are waterworn waste pieces, or debitage, and there are thirteen worked waterworn flakes and six worked pieces apart from those illustrated here. The flint is mottled light to dark grey in colour with cortex remaining on some pieces, which is typical of the local beach flint found in the area.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2012
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Record ID: CORN-0BF3D8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint oblique arrowhead, sub-triangular in plan, with an oblique angle to one side, like a scalene triangle, and a flat base, where it was hafted on to the arrow shaft. The arrowhead is unimarginally worked on the left and right margins of the dorsal face. Flakes have also been taken off to flatten the arrowhead from the proximal end of the dorsal face across the medial ridge. There are areas of gloss from use-wear on the ventral face, on the tip at the distal end, and on the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light grey colour, and quite opaque, having …
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
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Record ID: CORN-0BE8C3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint graver and awl, tear-shaped in plan and plano-convex in profile, with the proximal end partially worked on the dorsal face into a scraper as well. The dorsal face is bimaringally worked into a point at the distal end whch could be used as a piercing tool or awl, and the right margin has been worked into a curve so that it can be used as a graving tool for producing arrow shafts and other hafts. The ventral face preserves the bulb of percussion at the proximal end and the left margin is retouched. The scraper is 'P'-shaped in plan, triangular in section and lozenge-shaped in prof…
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2010
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Record ID: CORN-0BB3F0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint notched and pointed blade, lozenge-shaped in plan and profile and triangular in section. The left margin of the dorsal face has been unifacially retouched as a cutting edge and the left margin of the ventral face has been notched to form a graver edge, perhaps for working arrow shafts. The proximal end is blunt and the distal end has been worked into a point on the dorsal face, which may have been used for piercing, but is quite fine. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably derived from a local beach pebble, and appears to be a tertiary flake as no corte…
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2010
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Record ID: CORN-A45422
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint core with large thick areas of cortex remaining, suggesting it is from a nodule that has been quarried from chalklands, and not a beach pebble. There is one platform with two areas below without cortex where five flakes have been taken off in each area. The sharp, more pronounced edge of part of the platform has not been reworked and re-utilised as a scraper or other tool, as has been seen with smaller cores. This core is probably too heavy and cumbersome to be used in this way. The flint light to dark grey colour, and its size and cortex suggest that it probably came…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2010
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Record ID: CORN-A43612
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint oblique arrowhead, sub-triangular in plan, with an oblique angle to one side and a hollow base, where it was hafted on to the arrow shaft. The arrowhead is unimarginally worked around its entire edge and on the dorsal face. It has one offset tang on the proximal end and is worked across half of the dorsal face from the distal end. The flint is dark brown almost black colour, and quite translucent, so it probably came from outside Cornwall, possibly Beer Head in Devon. The length to breadth ratio is about 4:3. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar British obliqu…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2010
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Record ID: CORN-A42155
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, kite-shaped in plan, with its point having broken off in antiquity. The arrowhead is bimarginally worked around its entire edge and on both the ventral and dorsal faces. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 2:1. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar leaf-shaped arrowhead on page 123, Fig.5.106, Green Type 1C (c), and a leaf-shaped arrowhead on page 133, Fig.5.119, No.F26, which are both dated to the Earlier Neolithic. Keene (1999) illustrates a similar leaf-shaped …
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A34486
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead with one of the two barbs having broken off in antiquity. The arrowhead is triangular in plan with a wide tang and a rounded barb which does not quite meet the base of the tang, in length. The arrowhead is bimarginally reworked around its entire edge and on both the ventral and dorsal faces. The flint is dark brown in colour, with slightly translucent edges, probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 1:1. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar barbed and tanged arrowhead on page 125, Fig.5.110, Sutto…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2010
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Record ID: CORN-956A23
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint projectile point, possibly a spearhead rather than an arrowhead, with unimarginal worked edges on all margins of the dorsal face. There is continuous retouch around the entire margin, including the butt end or distal end, which is slightly recessed, creating a haft element. The proximal end is pointed and slightly to the right of the medial line. The vental face is untouched, unlike various piercing tools of the time. The flint is a buff to brown colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, with a small amount of cortex remaining at the distal end, which suggests …
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th June 2010
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Record ID: CORN-45CA82
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint backed blade or knife, lozenge shaped in plan and section, and convex in profile. There is an oblique platform on the left margin of the dorsal face, from the distal end to half way along the margin and the blade edge is retouched on the left margin of the dorsal face, from the distal to the proximal end. The areas of cortex remaining on the right margin suggest that the blade was made from a secondary flake. The ventral face preserves the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The colour of the flint is a mottled light to dark grey which suggests that the blade was made…
Created on: Sunday 25th April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 25th April 2010
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Record ID: CORN-06CCC7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large flint end scraper, sub-square in plan and trapezoidal in profile and section. The scraper has been unifacially reworked on the left edge of the dorsal face, up to the distal end, and naturally truncated on the right edge where cortex remains from the original surface of the flint pebble. The ventral face retains the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light grey to brown colour, made from a local beach pebble, with the orignal cortex remaining along the medial ridge to the right edge of the dorsal face, and from the distal almost to the proximal end.…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A2C706
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and section. The arrowhead has been bifacially worked on all margins and beyond towards the medial area of the arrowhead. The point has broken off in antiquity, probably during use. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, and was probably knapped from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2. Bond (2004) identifies the type of arrowhead as Type 1Ad on page 123, Fig.5.106 (after Green 1980), and illustrates a similar example on page 133, Fig.5.119, No.F27, which are both dated to the earli…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-1D6D42
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint notched, serrated blade from a conchoidal flake, sub-rectangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and lozenge-shaped in section. The left and right margins of the dorsal face has been unifacially retouched and the distal end has been notched to form a graver edge. The ventral face preserves an area of smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The proximal end, with its broken edge beneath the bulb, would have been hafted onto a handle or shaft. The flint is a pale grey colour and translucent with plant fragments clearly visible.…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-1D5FE3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint petit tranchet arrowhead that is shaped like a miniature flanged axe in plan and is lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The arrowhead has been retouched on the right and left margins of both the ventral and the dorsal faces. The proximal end of the arrowhead is tapered to a point for hafting where it would have been tied to an arrow shaft. The distal end has also been worked on the dorsal face to create an oblique curved piercing edge. The flint is a translucent dark grey in colour and may have been made from a local beach pebble or been imported from sites like Beer Hea…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-1D2518
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint petit tranchet arrowhead that is shaped like a miniature flanged axe in plan and is lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The arrowhead has been retouched on the right and left margins of both the ventral and the dorsal faces, but part of the right margin, where the flake had originally snapped off from its core, is unworked, from about half way along its length to the distal end. The proximal end of the arrowhead is tapered for hafting and is broken above the bulb of percussion on the ventral face, where it would have been tied to an arrow shaft. The distal end has also been…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C9D7E8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint chisel arrowhead that is shaped like a miniature flanged axe in plan and is lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The arrowhead has been unimarginally retouched on both the right and left edges of the dorsal face, after having been cut away or waisted at both these edges. The arrowhead was waisted in this way for hafting and the proximal end is broken at the bulb of percussion on the ventral face, where it would have been tied to an arrow shaft. The distal end has also been worked on the dorsal face to create an oblique curved piercing edge. The flint is mottled light to d…
Created on: Sunday 24th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-C9C455
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint discoidal scraper, sub-circular in plan and semi-circular in profile and section. The distal end and lateral margins have been unifacially retouched on the dorsal face. There is no evidence of cortex on the surface, suggesting that this is a tertiary flake. The ventral face preserves the smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the snapped off bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The proximal end has been waisted slightly around the bulb and both margins either side of the bulb have been worked on both faces, creating a short tang. This suggests that the scraper may have…
Created on: Sunday 24th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-64A1C2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint graver or serrated flake, crescentic in plan, semi-circular in profile and triangular in section. The left lateral margin of the ventral face has been retouched to form a curved edge, perhaps for use as a graving tool. The distal end on the dorsal face has also been worked into a point that may have been used to perforate. The flint is a mottled light to medium grey and is probably derived from a local beach pebble and the length to breadth ratio is about 3:1. Some cortex remains from the medial ridge to the left margin on the dorsal face which suggests that this is a secondar…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A18F66
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint notched blade, sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in profile and section. The left margin of the dorsal face has been unifacially retouched and notched to form a graver edge. The proximal end retians the bulb of percussion and the distal end retains a layer of cortex from the surface of the flint pebble. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably derived from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 2:1. Bond (2004) illustrates similar examples on page 137, Fig.5.124, No.F25, which is dated to the earlier Neolithic period, and on p…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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