Record ID: WMID-E0E505
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint flake, retouched along its lateral edges and distal end to form sharp cutting edges. The flint used is pale to dark grey in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-E0C647
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint tool formed from a flake. There is retouch along both lateral edges and a notch has been taken out of the cortical distal end. This may have been a composite tool, with the left lateral edge appropriate for use as a cutting blade, and the blunter retouch on the right lateral edge, confined to the area around the distal end, used as a scraper. The retouch at the distal end may have functioned as a scoop, scraper or gauge. The flint is dark grey in colour and partly cortical. Other worked flint tools and a Neolithic ground axe have been recovered …
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E07814
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint object, possibly a hammerstone for working other flint artefacts. There is an area of cortex on the top of the object, and many negative flake removal scars and evidence for percussion blows all over the rest of the flint. As many of the flake removals are very small, it is possible that this piece was used to knap and/or apply pressure to other flint tools during retouch of them. Other worked tools and a Neolithic ground axe have been recovered from the same area.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DFFDC7
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular flint flake of possible Neolithic date, possibly a chopper. The tool appears to have had some retouch to make it more comfortable to hold, and there is slight retouch (or damage?) on what may be the chopping edge. Other worked flints and a Neolithic ground axe have been recovered from the same area. The flint is a pale to dark grey in colour with some cortex remaining.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E0A234
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint knife formed from a flake. The flake has been retouched along its proximal edge in order to blunt the edge and make it more comfortable to hold. The opposite, distal end has also been retouched, though here this was presumably to sharpen or serrate the edge for use as a cutting or sawing blade. The flint used is a cream to pale grey colour.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E03865
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two worked out flint cores of prehistoric date. The cores are the remains of the raw pieces of flint from which flakes and blades were struck. Both cores retain some cortex. One core is a blue/grey colour, the other a pale cream to grey. The former measures 29.52 mm long, 20.65 mm wide and 20.5 mm thick, weighing 18 grams. The latter measures 34.88 mm long, 28.57 mm wide, 25.51 mm thick and weighs 30.1 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DF97D1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible knife or some other tool formed from what may be obsidian, a naturally occuring volcanic glass. The identification of the material as obsidian is tentative as obsidian does not occur widely in Britain, and the material may instead by a form of chert, perhaps even flint. However, its dark, almost black, colour and glassy appearance are unusual. The piece has clearly been utilised as there are percussion marks in many places and the sharpest edge appears to have been finely retouched, perhaps allowing the tool to have been used as a cutting blade. Other worked flints a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DFCD21
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint tool quite possibly a knife. The tool is formed from a large flake. Percussion blows in the area around the bulb of percussion have clearly removed parts of the flake to make it more comfortable to hold, and an area of cortex appears to have been deliberately retained for this purpose. The piece has one sharp edge which has been subject to fine retouch from both dorsal and ventral sides. The flint is dark grey to pale grey in colour with small patches of cream cortex remaining.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DF2B44
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool of prehistoric date, probably Neolithic, and probably a knife. The tool appears to have been formed from an irregular waste piece. There is evidence for slight retouch along one sharp edge, and this was probably used as a slicing blade. The flint has a pale grey patina.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DEFEB4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large irregular piece of flint waste. It does not appear to have been worked, but worked flints and a ground Neolithic axe have been recovered from the immediate area in which it was found.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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