Record ID: DOR-05D22A
Object type: LAUREL LEAF
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacially worked laurel leaf knife made on a flake of Portland chert. The chert is opaque and dark grey in colour with a low-gloss patina, the knife is sub-oval with an irregular outline. One face has covering, sub-parallel, low angle retouch, the other has similar, but is marked by three stepped flake scars terminating in deep hinge fractures. It is possible that this piece could also be an abandoned roughout for an arrowhead. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3300 to 1600 BC. Dimensions: 49.1mm x 34.3mm x 8.2mm. Weight: 13.1g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-05A46B
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unifacially worked knife made on a flake of Portland chert. The chert is opaque and dark grey in colour with a low-gloss patina, the knife is sub-triangular in shape with a triangular cross section. The dorsal face right side margin shows semi invasive scaled, semi abrupt retouch, possibly pressure flaked, this extends around the proximal end and part of the distal end. The ventral face shows a low bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a soft hammer, however there are strong ripples and a bulbar scar. There is slight flaking to straighten the left side edge, this would class…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-0562D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A unifacially worked knife made on a large flake of Portland chert. The chert is opaque and dark to mid grey in colour with a low gloss patina, the knife is oval with an irregular triangular cross section. The bulb of percussion has been removed from the ventral face; semi invasive, scalar low angle retouch is visible along medial parts of both margins; one edge has and area of fine long, scalar, low angle retouch to the distal end, which may be use-damage or post-depositional as it is discontinuous. Note the high gloss areas on the dorsal surface are unlikely to be edge-gloss, more l…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-05296A
Object type: DENTICULATE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small retouched/denticulated flake of Portland chert. The chert is opaque and dark grey in colour with a low-gloss patina. The flake is sub-oval with one rounded end and one end rectilinear, it has a triangular cross section. The dorsal face shows linear parallel blade removal scars, with a denticulated edge with 10 teeth along the whole of the left side margin. The right side margin has possible fine retouch or later edge damage. The ventral face shows a low bulb of percussion with a hinge fracture to the left side proximal end, diffuse ripples and bulbar scar. Date: Late Neolit…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-04E557
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hammerstone made on a polyhedral core of Portland chert. One area of worn 'chatter' survives and a considerable part of the remaining surface has been heat crazed and spalled; a few incomplete flake scars from the original core survive. The chert is opaque and dark grey in colour with a low gloss patina. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3300 to 1600 BC. Dimensions: 47.8mm x 45.8mm x 38mm. Weight: 102.3g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-049327
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-oval flake of Portland chert with possible deliberate notches. The chert is opaque, mid-grey in colour with beige mottles and a large oval beige inclusion, the patina is low-gloss. A possible deliberate notch is visible on the right side margin of the dorsal face near the proximal end and another at the distal end. A third sharper notch on the left side margin is probably due to modern post-depositional damage. The dorsal face shows flake removal scars with strong ripples, the ventral face shows no apparent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a soft hammer, there are h…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: KENT-F2104E
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead manufactured on a tertiary flake (3300 BC-2200 BC). This arrowhead is sub-triangular in plan, and asymmetrical. On one face, the longer side with the barb there is limited short scaled low angle. The shorter side has been retouched over its whole length, one face has long scaled low angle retouch while the other is short scaled semi-abrupt retouch. This retouch extends along the barb edge. The flint is a semi-translucent dark brown faded to light brown. Measurements: 37.80mm long, 17.24mm wide, 5.06mm thick, 2.84g in weight.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DOR-35523D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded scraper tool made on an oval secondary flake of mid grey, mottled flint with a large oval area of light grey matt inclusion to the ventral face. Cortex remains on 30% of the dorsal face from mid way to the distal end. The flint is semi-opaque has a mid-gloss patina with areas of reddish brown ferrous staining. The dorsal face shows removal of one large broad flake to the right side proximal end the retouch is long, scaled and semi-abupt to the right side margin and more abrupt to the steep sided distal end, with the left side, proximal end showing more parallel, semi-abrupt …
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-35043B
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin flaked flint implement, possibly an axe rough-out. One end rounded, one end rectilinear. The object is bifacially flaked and broken at one end. The flaking is well executed using a soft hammer to form a slightly plano-convex cross section. The margins taper slightly inward from the break to an irregular sub-rounded butt. The break is cross-body and is typical of end-shock during manufacture. The original flint appears to be light grey and mottled, now with an all over pale grey glossy patina, with some reddish brown ferrous staining. Date: Neolithic 4000 to 2351 BC. Dimen…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-34C507
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bifacially worked tool, probably a flaked dagger rough-out, broken at one end. The distal tip end is sub-rounded, the broken end rectilinear, the object is broad, but relatively well thinned (c 4.5/1 width/thickness ratio) with well executed invasive, scaled, low angle soft hammer flaking forming a lenticular cross-section. The margins are slightly convex with well developed centre lines and taper inwards slightly. The break is flat and runs straight across the body of the piece; it probably represents a flex-break or end shock originating at a coarse inclusion within th…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-34AB25
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint pick with an irregular cross section, comprising opportunistic use of a naturally fractured nodule fragment, retaining thick, worn chalky cortex over approximately half of one face. Rough shaping has comprised removal of large, steep flakes from one edge to form a very marked, coarse zig-zag margin (one flake near the tip maybe later but has partially re-cortified) finer shaping of the tip was achieved by finer unifacial flaking to form a rounded end. The whole object is deeply recortified, white flint, where exposed, ranges from coarse matt on natural breaks, through to…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-349000
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a possible flint chisel. The object appears to be the butt-end of a narrow, elongate bifacially worked tool, probably broken during manufacture. One end rounded, one end rectilinear. Both faces exhibit covering, scaled, semi-abrupt (in places stepped) flaking to form a lozenge shaped cross section. The midline edges are slightly irregular but straight overall, and the butt is irregular in shape. The break is near perpendicular to the long axis and is probably the result of end-shock during manufacture; a second angled facet to the break on one face is noted, co-inciding with a…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-3465C3
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A re-utilised flint core, re-used as a hammerstone. Originally a core comprising of at least six large to medium sized flakes taken from two platforms from a naturally fractured nodule fragment of flint with thick chalky cortex surviving at one end and part of one side. The core has been re-utilised as a hammerstone; evidence of this can be seen in an area of well developed characteristic impact chatter and abrasion running around almost half of the circumference. An area of cortex appears to been utilised for grip and is unaffected. The object has high-gloss surfaces where flint is e…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-A2C3C3
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint pick formed on a naturally fractured piece of flint. The pick has been formed by removal of two or three large, steep flakes from one edge, by minor flaking of both ends and part of the edge. There is some deliberate battering of the worked edges. The original colour of the flint cannot be discerned. All exposed surfaces have well developed off white patination with a mid gloss patina and common red brown ferrous stains. Date: Neolithic (probably) 4000 to 2351BC Dimensions: 91.4mm x 42.4mm x 30.6mm. Weight: 135g.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-A290BB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One part of a possible flaked axe or pick roughout, probably broken during manufacture. Both faces show evidence for crude, sometimes deep flaking to form an assymetrical sub-lozengiform cross section. One face retains a large patch of thick, worn chalky cortex. One end tapers to an irregular point, and there is slight evidence for deliberate battering of part of one edge. The break is oblique, both longitudinally and laterally, and may be a result of end-shock during manufacture. The break has formed a platform from which two short flakes have been removed on one side of the object, …
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-A0DB1A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flake 1: A retouched tertiary flint flake of a sub-oval and irregular shape. The dorsal face shows broad flake removal scars with a small amount of short, sub-parallel abrupt retouch to the distal end. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion and bulbar scar indicating probable use of a hard hammer. The flint is semi-opaque and mid-brown with mottles in colour with a low gloss patina and areas of reddish brown ferrous staining. Dimensions: 58.9mm x 40.6mm. Weight: 34.5g. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3300 to 1600 BC. Flake 2: A large secondary fli…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-7B41DC
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched tertiary flint flake. The flake is sub-oval, one end rounded, one end rectilinear with a triangular cross section. The dorsal face shows removal of two parallel blades and a small amount of short, parallel semi-abrupt retouch to the steep sided distal end. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples indicating probable use of a hard hammer. The flint is opaque and mottled mid-brown with a low gloss patina. Dimensions: 51.7mm x 25.8mm x 11mm. Weight: 15.4g. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3300 to 1600 BC.
Created on: Monday 19th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-7B1883
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched tertiary flint flake. The flake is sub oval, one end rounded, one end rectilinear and has a possible lateral break the mid way point. Both faces show covering scalar scars, struck from multiple angles. All faces including that of the possible break are now covered in a thin, milky white, speckled re-cortification with the natural mid brown colour of the flint beneath showing through in areas.The flint is semi-opaque with a mid gloss patina and a large area of beige matt inclusion at the proximal end. Dimensions: 34.5mm x 42.9mm x 9.9mm. Weight: 18.7g. Date: Late N…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
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Record ID: DOR-7A1DFE
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flake 1: A tertiary flint flake classed as debitage (a waste product produced during lithic reduction). The flake is lozenge shaped with a triangular cross section. The dorsal face shows linear, parallel blade removal scars and the ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a hard hammer. The flake opaque and is now entirely covered in a smooth off-white re-cortification with a mid-gloss patina and areas of reddish brown ferrous staining mainly on ridges. Dimensions: 72.7mm x 35.7mm x 16.3mm. Weight: 37.3g Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-E6ED7D
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large multi-platform core produced in the process of broad flake manufacture. The object is formed from a sub-ovate worn flint nodule retaining small patches of cortex. All faces show removal of large broad flakes struck from different angles. The flint is light to mid grey with matt beige inclusions, a low-gloss patina and areas of red brown ferrous staining, mainly on ridges. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3300 to 1600 BC. Dimensions: 81mm x 64.7mm x34mm. Weight: 203g.
Created on: Monday 12th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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