Record ID: NMS-7D16F9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete end scraper of conventional form; made from a secondary, hard hammer struck flake of glossy black flint with some inclusions, steeply retouched at the distal end to form the semi-circular scraping edge, small patch of sandy coloured thin cortex extant to one lateral side, showing the outside curve of the flint nodule this was struck from. A very useful tool in the initial preparation of fresh hides for tanning, effective in removing the subcutaneous fat from just below the surface of the skin. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9ABD37
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age debitage comprised of two flakes and one blade dating to circa 10,000-1600 BC. 1. Secondary flake Length: 59.6mmm; Width: 31.9mm; Thickness: 13.3mm; Weight: 25.9g. 2. Secondary flake. Significant, 100% covering repatination on ventral face.  Length: 35.5mm; Width: 24mm; Thickness: 5mm; Weight: 4.23g. 3. Tertiary blade. Length: 30.1mm; Width: 12.7mm; Thickness: 3.1mm; Weight: 1.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F2A5DB
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, secondary hard hammer struck flake, of mid grey flint with a patch of cortex to the distal end, now broken transversely. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F27BA6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary hard hammer struck flake, of mottled dark and mid-grey flint, an area of brown within the flint to the distal end and one side of the bulbs of percussion; this is doubled from being partially struck twice to detatch the flake from the core. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F20336
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary hard hammer struck flake, of mottled pale and mid-grey flint, an area of brown to the distal end, with spotty iron stains to the dorsal face on the high points of the flake scars, faint rusty iron scrapes to the ventral face, the thin edges appear to be irregularly retouched or recently damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-381DCE
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary soft hammer struck blade, of sub-trapezoidal cross section, struck from a single platform core, of unpatinated mid-grey flint, grading to black towards the distal end, this itself if broken transversely and carries a small patch of thin cortex to the dorsal face. Both lateral edges are finely and slightly irregularly damaged, it is difficult to say if this is recent or ancient. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-37B398
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two hard hammer struck flakes: short flake of unpatinated mottled grey flint with orange staining on and just below the cortical platform, struck through an internal linier flaw to the ventral face, appears to be debitage. L: 30.07 W: 25.3 T: 7.32 mm, 6g. Blade, struck from either an opposed platform core, or a multi-platform core of lightly patinated pale grey flint, the dorsal face has a flake scar that has stopped short and terminated in a hinge around the midway point, other flake scars have been struck from the opposing platform to try to undercut this hinge, these flake scars…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3433ED
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three hard hammer struck flakes: Stout, sub-triangular tertiary flake, of unpatinated grey flint with fine, steep retouch to both lateral edges, one edge forming a neatly curved scraping edge, the distal end is partially stepped and is not retouched. L: 28.23 W: 29.63 x T: 8.10 mm, 7g. Tertiary, elongated flake of trapezoidal cross section, of mottled orange patinated flint, both lateral edges and the distal end are irregularly and steeply retouched. The dorsal face of the platform has been carefully trimmed of the overhang before this flake was struck from the core to avoid the bl…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E38598
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavy butted Neolithic fully ground and polished flint axe, of white patinated flint with a slightly grey inclusions to one face, all surfaces have both spotty iron stains and streaks from contact with agricultural machinery. The axe has been damaged at some point to the cutting edge, it appears that a large flake has initiated at the cutting edge (presumably in use) and has left a “plunging” flake to one face, the flake has terminated in a large step fracture, this is a common feature to axes that have broken in use, like NMS-7AE7C9, NMS-E21D6A and NMS-4EA515, the last t…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B880B5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic part-polished, thin butted axe, of lightly patinated light grey flint with a band of darker flint to the butt, the pale buff coloured parts are the slightly coarser inclusions within the flint, one face is streaked with rusty iron scrapes from agricultural machinery, all flake scars appear to be soft hammer struck and nearly all the flakes terminate without hinges to the dorsal face, the ventral face is slightly coarser and exhibits many fine step/hinge terminations to the flakes, this is not unusual with bifaces. The axe itself is in good condition save for some recent damag…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-253946
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete ground and polished axehead, of patinated mottled flint, now a light brown colour with rusty iron streaks to both faces from contact with agricultural machinery, the few remaining visible flake scars now patinated a slightly darker shade of the same. The cutting edge is only slightly curved and asymmetrical in shape, this is likely to be intentional or the result of regrinding this edge over time, only one recent chip to the otherwise still sharp cutting edge, this is much darker than the original surfaces. The lateral edges are sharply faceted and are almost straight fro…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-24F387
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete part-polished axehead, of light and mid-grey flint with the remaining visible flake scars now patinated a sandy orange colour. All flakes are well knapped with only a few light hinge/step terminations as would be expected with an axe, the sub-semicircular cutting edge is entirely polished and without recent damage, still sharp, the high points to the flake scars to the body of the axe are also extensively polished, though not entirely ground smooth, the lateral edges are neatly rounded, not facetted, even the butt has had the edges ground and rounded off. A good example. …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-10D25F
Object type: DISCOIDAL KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible discoidal knife, of off-white patinated flint, made from a “potlid” or natural thermal fracture with thin, weathered sandy coloured cortex to the dorsal face, the ventral face is a typical thermal fracture. Potlid fractures like this with what appears to be retouch to the thin edges are usually dismissed as being not man-made, however in this instance the more curved edge of the two appears to have had a succession of bifacial flakes driven from it, in one spot the flakes pass through a fossil inclusion, in contrast, the straighter of the two ed…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0F2449
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated semi-translucent grey flint with slight iron stains to small areas of the edges, thin, sandy coloured cortex (also with patches of iron stains) to one lateral edge, thin edges damaged irregularly. Likely to be residual debitage, Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1C43C4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Oblique arrowhead made from a tertiary flake of fairly thick cross section, of , of glossy unpatinated grey flint with a paler, coarse inclusion to one face, one lateral edge is left as struck and sharp, the opposing side is bifacially retouched to form a point, the retouch is hard hammer struck rather than pressure flaked, the base is asymmetrically retouched in the same manner, forming a slight barb to the shaper of the two sides. The point is damaged with a long, thin flake running down the edge of the point; this is most likely from being shot and the point encountering a hard surf…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1962E3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete tiny leaf-shaped arrowhead, of Green, H. S. (1980) type 4 A, of slightly lighter patinated dark grey flint, the very tip of the base of this point is broken transversely. The dorsal face is very finely and invasively pressure flaked so some of the flake scars overlap at the centre of this face, the ventral face is hardly worked at all, just a few pressure fakes to form the point, this is probably due to the natural curvature of a struck flake; only flakes need to be removed from the curved parts as an arrowhead must be straight in profile to fly in a straight path, the …
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18DA63
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small biface, likely to have been a chisel, of unpatinated glossy black and dark grey flint with a small patch of whiteish cortex to the centre of one face, the biface has broken transversely in antiquity (the broken face is glossy, not matt as would be expected for a recent break), the missing end would have presumably been the primary cutting edge, the remaining butt narrows to a point. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18BAAE
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piercer or borer, of glossy unpatinated black and dark grey flint made from secondary hard hammer struck flake, steeply retouched to both lateral edges of the dorsal face to form a sub-triangular point with relatively straight sides. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18866A
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piercer or borer, of glossy unpatinated black and dark grey flint made from tertiary hard hammer struck flake, though a small amount of whiteish cortex remains to one side of the point, directly above this to the lateral edge is a broad, shallow notch c. 10 mm wide, above that is a smaller notch c. 7 mm wide, a third, even smaller one above this is c. 4.5 mm wide, these appear deliberately knapped on decreasing size along this edge, the opposing lateral edge is irregularly damaged/use worn but seems to have no retouch to begin with, and may have served as a obtuse angled scraper or kni…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C98C0
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly complete, part polished axe, of orange patinated flint, the grey spots to this face are the coarse inclusions within the flint, the other face is a lighter buff colour, probably due to the chalk or other alkali within the deposits it was lain in, the orange is usually due to exposure to iron oxides in glacial sands, this piece must have been deposited on a chalk/sand change in stratification to acquire the differential patination. The cutting edge is recently damaged on one side, this shows the original colour of the flint to have been mottled light greys. All surfaces are mod…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F582A9
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint chisel, of light grey patinated flint, it appears to have been reshaped from a slightly larger completely ground and polished example, a very smooth remnant of the original surface remains to each face, though the rest of the surfaces are knapped to the smaller size, the lateral edges have been reground and the high points of the later flake scars are also smoothed off to some degree. One end is semi-pointed, the other is slightly squared off in plan and may represent the main cutting edge, though this chisel could well have been reversible. A much larger exa…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F35885
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thin, ovoid scraper made from a large primary flake, all flake scars appear to be soft hammer struck to the dorsal face only, the flakes have not been able to remove the thin, weathered cortex, though a very acute angle has been achieved along the longer side, one end is steeper and more of a conventional scraper form, the opposing end and the “back” are of rougher knapping and finishing, this may suggest that this scraper was hafted, though this is not conclusive. Brown patination, single recent chip to the side of the ventral face reveals the flint was originally mottled …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F32111
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick, triangular sectioned blade, soft hammer struck from broken axe; one side of the blade is fully polished and was originally part of the outer surface of the axe, given the curvature of the polished face of this flake it appears it was taken from the curve towards the cutting edge, near to one side of the axe, using the transverse break in the axehead as a platform. Broken axeheads do get used as a core occasionally as they would produce flakes with a polished dorsal surface if they could not be reshaped in to a smaller axe, such as this example: SWYOR-CDDF43. Neolithic, 4,000 to …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F1AEF8
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary hard hammer struck thick flake of sub-triangular cross section, the distal end has been neatly retouched to both faces to form a piercer or borer, the retouch continues towards the proximal end in two steps to one lateral edge, on the other edge the retouch is confined to the lower half of the flake. Patinated a thin brown colour, the recent chips to some of the edges show the original colour of the flint to have been swirls of greys. The dorsal ridge is slightly battered apparently in antiquity, none of the other edges have this wear, it appears the ridge itself was used in …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F16179
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck, tertiary blade, of sub-trapezoidal cross section. Mid grey flint now patinated a misty white/light grey; recent damage to some parts of the thin edges shows the original colour of the flint to have been darker than the patination. Platform has been abraded or trimmed to the dorsal edge before this blade was struck from the core, the bulb of percussion shows a bulbar scar indicating the hammer used was soft enough to drive long flakes, yet hard enough to produce the bulbar scar. The distal end is finely retouched to the dorsal face to form a straight transverse …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D538FC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Semi-hard hammer struck, sub-triangular sectioned tertiary small blade, of glossy black flint, both lateral edges are irregularly damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D4898A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick, tertiary hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint, no obvious retouch. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D4432E
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick, tertiary hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with an orange/white patinated platform, all thin edges are irregularly damaged. Date uncertain due to location, but probably of Late Prehistoric origin.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D402A6
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small bifacial core, of impressively patinated black flint with lighter grey inclusions, now light misty grey to one face; the other is mottled brown, both faces have a few rusty iron scrapes. All flake scars are small, but broad and appear to be hard hammer struck. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D3CEB7
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary hard hammer, sub-triangular struck flake, of brown/orange patinated flint, one long side of the flake is the “step” of hinged flake scar, this has made a long lip along this edge, the opposing long edge has fine retouch or use wear along its edge, the platform has been neatly trimmed from the dorsal face to straighten it. Possibly a boring tool or a drill that may have been intended to be hafted.  Neolithic, possibly early, 4,000 to 3,000 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D39BAD
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated black/brown flint, the thin lateral edges are irregularly damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D37999
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled dark grey flint, the thin lateral edges are irregularly damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D36636
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary struck blade-like flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with the distal end missing, broken transversely.  Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D24058
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of mottled grey, distal end damaged. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D22E9A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of black flint with lighter grey inclusions, only the distal end survives, thin, worn cortex extant to the dorsal face. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D210B2
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, semi-soft hammer struck blade, of mottled grey flint, the one lateral edge that is sharp is irregularly damaged as is the tip of the distal end. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D1FE94
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, soft hammer struck flake, of misty white patinated mottled grey flint, no retouch. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D1EAE1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary soft hammer struck blade, distal end snapped transversely, both remaining lateral edges appear to be irregularly damaged/worn. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D1D892
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Primary, hard hammer struck flake, of light grey flint with slight spotty iron stains to both faces, distal end and one lateral edge steeply retouched to form a scraper, thin and worn pebble cortex to the dorsal face. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D1C164
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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