Record ID: HAMP-FCA5B3
Object type: PICK
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint pick of Mesolithic (or early Neolithic) date, rolled and polished by water action. Both faces are bevelled, but one in a more definite triangular cross-section. There are removals all over the surface of the pick; no cortex is present. The butt is oblique while the cutting end is now rounded due to wear. Both longitudinal edges have been 'battered', a common feature on implements of this type. The light grey flint has become weathered, and in many areas has taken on yellow and orange hues from iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-D57282
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, undiagnostic, and so given a general prehistoric date. It is of a grey brown colour, with some patinisation resulting in a lighter grey patch on both faces, and a darker surround on the dorsal face. There is some edge damage which is estimated to have occured in antiquity, but the flake is in otherwise good condition.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-0AB2E6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable Prehistoric (Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4000-800 BC) tertiary flint flake with no apparent retouch. The flake is grey in colour and opaque, being translucent at the very edges.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2016
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