Record ID: SUSS-C44E13
Object type: WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint waste flake dating to the Bronze Age, c. 2150-800 BC. The flake has a very large bulb of percussion and ripples on the ventral face; the dorsal face has three blade removals. There is a small area of possible retouch visible on the dorsal face, but the condition of the cherty flint makes the evaluation of this difficult and the extent of the possible retouch suggests that this flake was not used as a tool. It measures 59.5 mm long, 40.2 mm wide, 10.4 mm thick and weighs 25.61 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
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Record ID: SUSS-F8AB72
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A small tranchet axe made from a large flake, 89.2mm long, 46.8mm wide and 25.9mm thick. The implement is made of dark brown flint with numerous lighter and darker cherty inclusions; about 5% cortext remains. The upper, dorsal face, has multiple arrises; at least 7 flakes had previously been removed from the core but later retouching and possible flaking from use makes an exact count difficult. The ventral, lower face, has two large facets with again multiple scars from retouching and damage; these have removed the bulb of percussion/bulb scar. The visible bulb scars and percussion wa…
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-5C8C83
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Flint tranchet axe of Late Mesolithic date. The axe has rounded ends and expands in plan from the butt to the blade end; It is pointed oval in longitudinal and transverse cross section. It is 101.8mm long, 45.2mm wide and 24.7mm thick; it weighs 120 grams. It is made of pale grey flint with a heavy white patina. There are remains of original cortext at the butt end and small patches on both sides. The axe is extensively flaked on both sides. On one side there is evidence of large flake removal at the butt and down the sides and long, parallel semi-abrupt removals from the blade; the c…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-A8342F
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint 'Thames Pick' type Tranchet axe head dating to the Mesolithic period, c. 9000-4000 BC. The object is irregular, unsymmetrical and crudely worked. It is broadly triangular in cross-section with a pointed tip.There are large, irregular conchoidal flake removal scars covering much of the object with three areas of cortex remaining at the butt end and on two sides. Measurements: 229 mm long, 57.43mm at its widest point. It is 47.83mm wide at its thickest point and weighs 544 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 31st August 2021
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Record ID: SUSS-1D5B2A
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable flint 'Thames Pick' type Tranchet axe head dating to the Mesolithic period, c. 9000-4000 BC. The object is incomplete with the central section surviving and fresh breaks at each end. It is an irregular sub-rectangular shape in plan and roughly triangular in cross-section. The object has long conchoidal flaking covering much of the object with a small patch of cortex remaining in the centre of one face and a deep triangular (natural) indentation on the opposing face. There is a small area of short stepped retouch on the centre of one long edge. The flint is…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Record ID: SUSS-D2EF2E
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axe/adze ('Thames pick') dating c. 9000-4000 BC. The tool is sub-rectangular, with irregular sides and a broadly oval cross section, with crude hard hammer flake removals across all sides. The distal end is V-shaped in profile with possible tranchet removals. The butt end is also V- shaped and with a small area of creamy cortex remaining and a vein of clear quartz crystals on the opposing side. The axe is worked from a grey flint with an orange brown to buff surface. Measurements: len…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-D2BEC9
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axe/adze or 'Thames pick' dating c. 9000-4000 BC. The pick is sub-rectangular, with parallel sides and a broadly trapezoidal cross section, with flake removals with minimal rippling across all sides. The distal end is wedge-shaped in profile with a pointed cutting edge worked with a tranchet removal. The butt end is flat and narrow with areas of cortex remaining. The axe is worked from a dark brown/black flint with an orange brown to buff surface. Measurements: length: 201.38mm; width: 54.04mm; thickness: 51.…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-066FBF
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint tranchet axe/adze or 'Thames pick' dating c. 9000-4000 BC. The pick is an irregular, elongated pointed oval shape in plan with a broadly lozengiform in cross section, and flake removals with minimal rippling present on all sides. One face has a deep elongated triangular removal with a V shaped cross-section. The distal end is wedge-shaped in profile with broadly convex cutting edge . The butt end is narrow and rounded with the cortex remaining on 75% of the butt which extends down one side of the tool. Other patches of…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-3CCE84
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A collection of 40 Mesolithic - Early Bronze Age worked flint flakes, found scattered over the field, which centres on the restricted 6-figure grid reference below. The collection includes a Bi-facally worked (possibly) Bronze Age knife (however this implement could also be a Neolithic leaf-point knife) weighing 11g. An undatable end scraper with significantly later retouch along the cutting edges, weighing 21g. A Mesolithic blade, with possible later retouch, weighing 2g. Within the collection there are four pieces of burnt flint (total weight 212g), including one very large piece and…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr. Hailsham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-3DB407
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small collection of worked flints, dating from the Mesolithic period through to the Early Bronze Age. The collection includes four waste flakes, weighing 48g. Two of the flakes have bulbs of percussion. One of which is simply a waste flake, the other could have been worked along the platform edge of the bulb, though neither flake has been made into a tool. There is also a small (probably) Mesolithic blade, weighing 1.14g. The blade shows evidence of retouch, no bulb of percussion survives due to that fact that the flake has snapped (horizontally) in half; the ripples (which show wher…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-3E2860
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of 30 Mesolithic - Early Bronze Age worked flint flakes, found scattered over the field, which centres on the restricted 6-figure grid reference below. The collection includes an undatable thinning flake, which has later retouch (weighing 10.10g). The bulb of percussion still survives on this flake, although the knapper manipulated this part of the flint to make a sharp pointed end. The bulb has been heavily worked. The ripples (on the back of the flake) show where this flake was once removed from the original core. Later retouching is evident along the two cutting edges o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-7ED951
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Two flint waste flakes, from the Neolithic - Early Bronze Age. The smaller flake is 64.79mm in length, 24.97mm in width, 15.18mm in thickness and weighs 18.48g. This flake is a blade flake, the bulb of percussion is still evident. Previous flakes have been removed from the surface of this flake. The underlying patina is mid-greyish black and the surface patina is light-greyish white. The other flake is 48.55mm in length, 44.49mm in width, 12.24mm in thickness and it weighs 26.53g. The flake is a light greyish-white. The flake has a large striking platform and a large bulb of percussion.
Created on: Friday 16th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-7FC847
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well made flint thumb nail scraper, probably later Neolithic, but possibly Early Bronze Age in date (c.2500-1600 BC). The implement, which is D shaped in plan, has been formed from the distal end of a larger flake and has various hinge fractures along the slightly concave proximal edge; these have resulted from attempts to remove the proximal end. There are prominent percussion waves on the ventral face. The centre of the dorsal face is covered in cortex (c.50% of face). There is long, semi-abrupt, parallel and semi-parallel retouch around the entire distal end and sides. The tool m…
Created on: Friday 16th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pulborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-B52E35
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Neolithic, flint, thumbnail scraper (4500-2500 BC). There is short-scaled, abrupt retouch. Circa 30% of the dorsal surface is covered by cortex.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-6608A1
Object type: SIDE SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic waste flake or possibly crude scraper, with evidence of retouch. The striking platform has been removed, but the bulb of percussion and ripples survives. Numerous blade flakes have been removed from both surfaces.
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST SUSSEX', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-BA5757
Object type: SIDE SCRAPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double sided late Mesolithic or early Neolithic flint scraper. It is 67.4mm long, 46.9mm wide and 13.7mm thick. The scraper is made of a light grey brown flint heavily mottled with cherty inclusions. Some iron staining is visible. The scraper was made from a secondary flake with c.5% cortex. The ventral face is not retouched but shows a diffuse bulb of percussion with widely spaced ripples suggesting a soft hammer was used to create the flake. The dorsal face is faceted suggesting at least four previous flakes were removed. There is a chip out of the blade just below the striking pl…
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-571B10
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic crude scraper, dating from 3500 - 2100 BC. Multiple flakes have been removed from the surface of the scraper. There is some retouch.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Easebourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-5B8E67
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint scraper, probably Late Mesolithic - Early Neolithic (6500-2900 BC). Multiple flakes have been removed from the surface of the scraper. There is some retouch. The flint scraper weighs 36.8 grams.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7138F3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint scraper (3500-2000 BC). Multiple flakes have been removed from the surface of the scraper and there is some retouch. The scraper measures 32.2mm long, 19.7mm wide and 5.5mm thick. It weighs 4.22 grams. The dimensions of the scraper suggest that it was a thumb scraper: designed to be held between thumb and forefinger. Scrapers like this would have had many different functions in the Neolithic, as they were very useful tools, used for example for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposited from hinds and much more.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C3D8F5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scraper formed from a broad flake with extensive damage and possible re-use. The scaper was probably originaly of the horseshoe form, i.e. an oval, almost circular, flat shape, common in the Late Neolithic. However the distal end has broken leaving an irregular shape. The scraper was formed on a large tertiary flake struck form a prepared platform. The probable distal face has arises from previous removals but also an extensive area of damage where a piece has sheered off and left hackled damage, possible from casual use to hammer something. The probable ventral face is covered in very…
Created on: Monday 20th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-AB67D1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Horse-shoe shaped, probably Late Neolithic, flint scraper. Almost circular in plan it is made on a promary flake with cortext covering all unretouched areas of the dorsal face. There is a prominant bulb of percussion on the ventral face and the point of strike is damaged. There is semi-invasive, semi-abrupt, parallel retouch around the distal end and both sides on the dorsal face. There is also a smallarea of scalar retouch on the ventral face to the right of the bulb of percussion which creates a small notch, possibly for grip. Semi transluscent mid brown flint with a large area of p…
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yapon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-BD8908
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint side and end scraper made from a very large secondary flake. It is oval in plan, has an S-shaped cross section and relatively flat ventral and dorsal faces. The bulb-of-percussion has been removed and there are no obvious percussion waves on the ventral face which is covered in starch fractures. The dorsal face shows signs of previous removals of other large flakes, with small areas of cortex remaining on the arises (less than 5% of the face). There is short-medium abrupt scalar retouch around 75% of the edge of the scraper. The remaining edge is hackled from repeated hammerin…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-BDC3F0
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable side- and end-scraper, formed from a large tertiary flake. The bulb-of-percussion and striking platform have been removed but percussion waves remain on the ventral face. The are multiple arises from previous removals on the dorsal face. There is abrupt scalar retouch and use-wear on the distal end, use-wear down both sides and short scalar retouch down the right edge on the ventral face. A notch has been created by abrupt retouch to one side at the proximal end, leaving a tang, which may have been hafting. The exact purpose of the tool is unclear but it maybe a scraper. It…
Created on: Thursday 14th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-B131E1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of the Neolithic period, c. 3500-2100 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 29th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-BF6D56
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Discoidal flint scraper. Sub circular in shape and made on a tertiary flake in pale grey flint. The dorsal face has several flaking scars from earlier working of the core from which the flake was struck. The ventral face has a low bulb of percussion with a large bulbar scar at the proximal end. At the proximal end is a narrow striking platform. On the dorsal face the left edge has a even row of short, scalar, semi-abrupt retouch, on the ventral face the right edge has very short, scalar semi-abrupt retouch. On the distal end and other edge of both faces there is more irregular sh…
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ashburnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7A1F95
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Horseshoe shaped scraper formed from a tertiary flake struck off a prepared platform, probably Neolithic. On the ventral face the bulb of percussion is clearly visible although damaged by bulb scars, along with several percussion waves. On the dorsal face, are several arises and the percussion waves show the flint has been worked from several directions although the main scar is from a parallel removal from the same platform as this piece. There is semi-invasive, semi-parallel retouch around the distal end and distal two thirds of the sides on the dorsal face; it is abrupt at the d…
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Goring by Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-32CFF5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint side and end scraper, probably Neolithic in date. Created on a reworked primary flake with prominent bulb of percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face and a highly domed dorsal face with c.30% cortex remaining. The rest of the cortex has been removed by long, invasive, fairly shallow parallel removals. Around 95% of the edge is shorted, scallar, abrupt or semi-abrupt retouch and much usewear and chipping. It is made on a dark brown, fairly translucent flint. 41.9mm long, 32.1mm wide and 15.2mm thick; it weighs 22.85 grams.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton on Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-462662
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint tool, possibly a scraper, probably Neolithic in date. Created on a reworked primary or secondary flake with prominent percussion waves on the ventral face and a highly domed dorsal face with c.20% cortex remaining. The rest of the cortex has been removed by long, invasive, fairly shallow parallel removals, on one side these have created or maintained a steep profile with a more shallow profile on the other side. A chip from the proximal end has removed the bulb of percussion, it has broken from the ventral face unlike the other retouch and appears accidental. Around …
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton on Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-C2FC72
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint horseshoe type scraper of the Neolithic period (3500-2100 BC). The struck flake is sub-circular in shape and is a mottled grey to dark grey in colour. There is a significant bulb of percussion on the dorsal face with concoidal waves indicating the striking platform at the proximal end. The striking platform was on the original cortex of the flint. The distal end and left and right edges have semi-abrupt retouch. There is some damage to the retouched edge but the majority of removal is of the parallel or sub-parallel type.
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-93FA08
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Later neolithic horseshoe scraper. The scraper is almost circular in plan with a straighter proximal end. It comes from a secondary flake, exidence of earlier flake removal can be seen on the upper, dorsal face but about 5% cortext remains. The lower, ventral face has a prominent bulb of percussion and no retouch. The striking platform is slightly damaged but the flake appears to have been struk at c.80 degrees to the core. There is retouch along the distal edge od the upper, dorsal face extending to the middle of the left and right edges. This retouch is semi abrupt, short, parallel…
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Walberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D8C5D1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic or Bronze Age flint scraper. The scraper was made on a secondary flake with small amounts of the original cortext remaining at the distal end of the dorsal face. The rest of the flint has begun re-corticisation, probably speeded up by the marine environment. There is some modern damage to the distal end which shows the dark gray/black colour of the freshly struck flint. The flake is roughly oval with a prominent bulb of percussion with bulb scars. The dorsal face is highly domed and shows evidence of previous, irregular, flake removals. There is short semi-abrupt retouch…
Created on: Monday 28th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-80CF90
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: The City of Brighton and Hove
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly naturally formed flake with evidence of retouch around parts of the outer edge. The flake has small areas of natural cortex on the edges. One side is orange with a patina associated with glacial and water weathering, similar to that seen on Paleolithic material. The other side does not have a clear bulb of percussion or ripples and may be a natural 'pot lid' fracture. However at two places around the edge are areas of short semi abrupt scalar retouch suggesting it was reworked for casual tool use. It is 38.4mm by 37.8mm by 6.0mm thick and weighs 10.24 grams. It is hard to date…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-5A6B86
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic or early Bronze Age 'thumbnail' scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger and created from a secondary flint flake. Traces of cortex remain at the distal end of the dorsal face. The ventral face is slightly concave and the dorsal face is convex, with a central peak. The tool is roughly oval in plan and has been formed from a light yellowish-brown flint. The bulb-of-percussion and striking platform are both present, but badly damaged and part of the bulb has been removed by a possible accidental break. Short, scaled, semi-abrupt to abrupt retouch extends…
Created on: Thursday 9th July 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Patching', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SUSS-FB9FB4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint nose scraper formed on a hard-hammer-struck flake. The flake was struck off a prepared platform, with clear bulb-of-percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face. Previous removals on the dorsal face suggest the core was worked from multiple directions. The sides have had large chips removed, probably as a result of later damage. There is a small area of semi-invasive, shallow, parallel retouch on an angle about half way up the left edge on the dorsal face and some possible scalar, semi-abrupt, short retouch at the distal end on the same face. Both areas could have…
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-FBAE06
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint nose scraper formed on a hard-hammer-struck flake. The flake was struck off a prepared platform with clear bulb-of-percussion and percussion waves on the ventral face. Previous removals on the dorsal face suggest the core was worked from multiple directions. The sides have large chips removed, probably as a result of later damage. The distal end is broken and it is not clear whether or not this was deliberate. There is a small area of semi-invasive, semi-abrupt, parallel retouch around the right corner of the distal end on the dorsal face and some use wear/blunting retou…
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Record ID: SUSS-FBB777
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scraper formed on a hard-hammer-struck flake. The percussion waves are shallow but suggest the bulb-of-percussion was at an end which has been completely retouched with shallow, invasive retouch on the ventral face. The dorsal face is entirely covered in cortex, apart from around the edges, where it has been retouched. There is short, semi-abrupt, scalar retouch extending around the proximal end, right-hand edge, distal end and the distal half of the left edge. Apart from the part already mentioned, around the proximal end and proximal part of the right-hand edge, the ventral face h…
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-7AB246
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle - Late Neolithic discoidal flint scraper. Sub circular in shape and made on a secondary flake in mid-orange brown flint. The dorsal face has several flaking scars from earlier working of the core from which the flake was struck. The ventral face has a low bulb of percussion with a large bulbar scar at the proximal end. At the proximal end is a narrow striking platform. On the dorsal face the left edge and distal end have extensive retouch. The retouch is scaled with invasive shallow retouch, particularly on the left edge and short semi abrupt retouch on top of this and around t…
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Middleton-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-DFD9E7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Neolithic end and side scraper, dating from c. 3500-2100 BC. The scraper is sub-oval or 'thumb-shaped' in plan with a flat ventral face with some of the original bulb of percussion intact and shallow conchoidal ripples. Damage or purposeful removal of part of the bulb is visible in a shallow circular area. The platform of percussion is covered in a milky white-grey cortex. From the dorsal face, the left mesial edge does not seem to be retouched at all, or perhaps only very finely from the ventral face in order to blunt the surface for holding. Semi-abrupt retouch is vis…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-D5F8E3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end scraper, probably dating to the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age, c. 2500-1500 BC. The scraper is fashioned from a piriform shaped flake. The dorsal face has regular full-length longitudinal facets and arises associated with previous flake removal from the core. The distal end shows evidence of abrupt retouch, common to this period. The ventral face maintains the remains of a small portion of the platform, light bulb of percussion and ripples. The scraper measures 40.2mm long, 32.1mm wide, 7.69mm thick and weighs 11.81 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
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Record ID: SUSS-0E5B03
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end-scraper dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, c. 4000-1500 BC. The scraper retains its platform and bulb of percussion on its ventral face, although evidence around the platform of repeated striking suggests that some preliminary attempts to remove this were made. Th scraper has been manufactured on a primary or secondary flake of dark blackish tan coloured flint, with a large patch of cortex present in a dished area of the dorsal face that covers c. 30-40% of the upper surface. The scraper has been secondarily modified around its distal end through the m…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.