OXON-A73752: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint tool, taking the form of a serrated blade, probably dating from the Late Mesolithic to the Neolithic period, c. 7000-2351 BC. The blade is made from a tertiary flake of mid grey flint with a band of darker grey cutting diagonally through it. It is an elongated leaf shape in plan, and is slightly concave on one side and convex on the other. The dorsal face has a ridge running lengthwise slightly off centre. The flake is 36.16mm long, 16.58mm wide, and 0.75mm thick. It weighs 3.86 grams.
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OXON-A76D8E: DEBITAGE
A piece of Neolithic debitage, possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of light grey flint with occasional medium grey patches. The flake is sub-triangular in plan and sub-triangular to trapezoidal in cross section. At least four negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face, some running in a linear fashion parallel to each other. The ventral face is almost perfectly flat. The longest side of the triangle has possible retouch, suggesting it may have been used as a scraping tool. The flake is 32.99mm long, 20.85mm wide, and 3.03mm thick. It weighs 7.50grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which suggest it is either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.
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OXON-1983FC: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A triangular flint tool, probably a burin, borer or arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c. 2700-1500 BC. The tool is made made from a tertiary flake of light gray flint with a glossy patina.The flint is leaf shaped, with a sharp tapered point that widens to a more rounded blunt opposite end. It is a long oval shape in cross section. There is a short, stepped, abrupt retouch around the point. There is a small striking platform and ripple marks running up from this and the dorsal face has a central ridge running down the centre. The flake is 35.66mm long, 21.55mm wide, 7.98mm thick and weighs 3.68 grams. Similar shaped objects termed burins and borers on the database include SUR-BDA821, SWYOR-356703, LANCUM-25C1E1, BUC-9BCFA9 and arrowheads SWYOR-8A4F87, HAMP-3C502C, SWYOR-75478F and NLM-FE2AEB.
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BH-8A98A1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A piece of flint, possibly a scraper tool, dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The implement is sub-rectangular in shape and plano-convex in cross-section. The flint is light grey coloured. There is a point at one end and a squared base. The dorsal and ventral faces have no retouching with a low bulb of percussion. There is short, scaled, abrupt mesal retouching on the opposite edges on the two faces. The flint measures 29.3mm long, 14.9mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 2 grams.

BH-C6B377: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A probable Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age secondary flint flake implement or scraper dating to the period c. 2700-1600 BC. Black flint. The flake is unevenly shaped and bi-convex in cross-section with a prominent dorsal surface with large angular negative scars and light angular retouching along the right edge. On the opposite edge is a semi-circular notch, also with signs of retouch. No evidence of bulb of percussion or ripples on the ventral surface. The flint measures 35.1mm long, 18.9mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 4.88 grams.

BH-8B306C: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete Late Neolithic to Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead dating c. 2400-1000 BC. The blade, made of dark grey-brown flint, is triangular and plano-convex in cross-section. The tip is missing. At the base is a short rectangular tang missing a corner. Either side of the tang is a scar where the missing tangs once extended. Both faces have invasive and covering, scaled, low-angle retouching. The arrowhead measures 34.5mm long, 21.9mm wide, 4.3mm thic and weighs 2.79 grams.

BH-8AC275: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint blade dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The blade is sub-rectangular and sub-plano-convex in cross-section. Tertiary blade of translucent light grey flint with mottled light and dark grey-brown cortex comprising approximately a third of the flake. Low bulb of percussion on ventral face, which is flat with no retouching. Light angled falking on the two faces of the ventral surface with evidence of short, scaled, abrupt retouching on one edge. The flint measures 31.8mm long, 18.1mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 3 grams

BH-8B037F: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A sub-tear drop shaped scraper tool dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000-1500 BC. The tool is made from a secondary struck flake of dark grey-brown flint with some interior mottled light and dark grey cortex. On the ventral face is a large bulb of percussion. The ventral side has large angled flaking with minimal abrupt retouching on some edges. The flint measures 31.6mm long, 26.1mm wide, 9.9mm thick and weighs 5.53 grams.

OXON-D76360: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of medium grey flint with a semi-glossy patina, and patches of off-white. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. At least four negative flake removal scars are present on the dorsal face. There is retouch on its distal end The flake is 50.1mm long, 33.7mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 19.3 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-C98DB2: DEBITAGE
One flake of flint debitage of prehistoric date. The piece is a tertiary piece of flint with a semi-glossy patina that is mostly a dark grey brown colour with one lighter off white patch. The flake is sub-triangular in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at one earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface while the reverse has none. At the proximal end of the ventral surface a meidum bulb of percussion and an eraillure scar are visible, as are some medium conchoidal ripples close to the distal end. The striking platform also survives. There is a hinge fracture at the distal end of the flake. The edges of the flake are damaged which may indicate retouch but could also be post-depositional. The flake is 20.7mm long, 20.5mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 1.73 grams

OXON-333E69: GUNFLINT
A complete knapped gunflint from a flintlock musket of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1900. The gunflint is rectangular in plan and sub-trapezoidal in cross-section. Like all gunflints, it is wedge-shaped, though this example is not as wide as most. The blade appears to have undergone a small amount of semi-abrupt retouching on the dorsal side. At the far end from the blade, sub-parallel lines may indicate where this gunflint was snapped off from a longer length of flint. There is also some rippling on the distal face. The flint has a glossy surface and is bluish grey in colour, varying in tone across its surface from light to dark. The gunflint is 25.3mm long, 16.1mm wide and 6.4mm thick. It weighs 3.26 grams. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century and became the main regulation firearm for the British Army during the reign of William III. The knapped flint was used within the musket hammer mechanism to produce a spark and could last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced. They were produced from shaped long blanks (see KENT-AA1B15) and then snapped off sometimes on as and when basis. A similar example has been recorded as WILT-0B6F58 which states that "there is no documentary evidence for when or where sparks from flint were first used to fire gunpowder, but flintlock guns were being used in France from about 1600. There is a written record of an order received by London gunsmiths in 1661 to provide 15,000 'flintstones cutt' for the garrisons in Tangier and Ireland. This gunflint may have been associated with the local activity during the Civil War, but they continued being used throughout the 19th century, especially during the Napoleonic Wars".

SUR-133F41: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic flint scraper made from a dark grey mottled flint with no cortex remaining. The scraper has a heel-shaped form and the rear edge is inwardly curving.

OXON-87CFE6: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Period c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a secondary flake of flint that is a yellow and black in colour. Thin pebble cortex is present on c. 10% of one face that is off white in colour. Almost the entire arrowhead survives barringone side of the barbs. Both chip in one side has the same patination as the rest of the arrow indicating the damage occurred a long time ago, possibly before its deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. The arrowhead is 24.69mm long, 19.31mm wide and weighs 1.53 grams. The form of this arrowhead with barbs that are slightly angular comfortably fits the Conygar Farm arrowhead (type d) (Butler 2005, 162-165 after Green 1980). This form is associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162). A comparitive object can be found on the database: OXON-151D2D.

OXON-2F056F: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of flint. It has a slightly glossy surface and is predominantly a transluscent, light brown with a single grey inclusion. The arrowhead has a clean break across the base and the tip is also missing.. The surface is covered in scaled retouch. The arrowhead is 18.5mm long. It is 10.5mm wide (at the break) and 3mm thick and it weighs 0.49 grams. The damage to the arrowhead makes it difficult to type using Greens' typology, however its overall shape suggests that it is one of the early forms as illustrated by Butler (Butler 2005, 159-165 after Green 1980). Flint arrowheads are one of the distinctive features of the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162)

OXON-03F0DB: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete thumbnail scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake made of light speckeled grey flint with lighter grey pathces and a semi glossy patina. The cortex fragment remainig is a creamy white colour. The scraper is pentagonal in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least two earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows no retouch but has a pronounced conchoidal ripples extending from a very shallow bulb of percussion. The flake is 32.2mm long, 27.2mm wide, 17.1mm thick and weighs 7.08 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. Thumbnail forms however are frequently suggested to be Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in date.

OXON-049835: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a secondary flake of dark brown grey slightly translucent flint that has a semi glossy patina.The flake is sub-triangular in plan and in section. it has at least four prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. On the ventral face the striking platform survives as does a shallow sized bulb of percussion including eraillure scar from which sparse but clear conchoidal ripples emanate. The flake is 44.9mm long, 18.2mm wide, 6.7mm thick and weighs 5.00 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

SUR-9B0713: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
A small Mesolithic tranchet axehead made from a dark grey flint which has a heavily recorticated or patinated white surface resulting from prolonged exposure to calcareous sediments. The cross section is D shaped and asymmetrical with one curved long side refined with flaked removals and one flattened side which is less coherently worked and retains a small patch of cortex towards the rear. The shape of this flat side appears to be a response to the original form of the nodule rather than a deliberate attempt to back the blade; the cross section becomes more lenticular towards the distal end although there is loss from recent breakage along the side. The cutting edge has some recent loss along one side but appears to have a number of small tranchet removals on both sides to created a pointed triangular side profile. The butt end is slightly flattened, possibly to facilitate hafting.

OXON-5FB5C3: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a secondary flake of very dark grey glossy flint. There is a thin layer of cortex on one surface. A prominent bulb of percussion is visible as is an eraillure scar from which sparse but clear conchoidal ripples emanate. The flake is 24.8mm long, 23mm wide, 13.3mm thick and weighs 7.18 grams.

OXON-5FAA23: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a secondary flake of semi-glossy light grey sometimes off white flint.The flake is rectangular in plan and triangular in section. There is a thin layer of cortex on one surface. it has at least one prior removal scars on its dorsal face/ The flake is 33.5mm long, 15.7mm wide, 6.8mm thick and weighs 3.79 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-5F9FAA: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a teritary flake of matte orange flint.The flake is sub-oval in plan and in section. it has at least two prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. There are notraces of retouch on the fragment. The flake is 30.9mm long, 23.7mm wide, 6.8mm thick and weighs 4.54 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-0C13C6: DEBITAGE
A piece of plough damaged debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a teritary flake of speckled grey white flint that has a semi glossy patina.The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section. it has at least three prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. It is also irregular in shape from a more recent loss that cut's across the bulb of percussion. There are notraces of retouch on the fragment. The flake is 32.3mm long, 16.7mm wide, 8.7mm thick and weighs 14.58 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-0BFD3B: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a teritary flake of dark brown grey slightly translucant flint that has a semi glossy patina.The flake is sub-triangular in plan and in section. it has at least three prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. There are notraces of retouch on the fragment. The flake is 21.3mm long, 16.7mm wide, 4.5mm thick and weighs 1.51 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-F29407: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a secondary flake of speckled off white flint that has a glossy patina. There is one surface which retains a thin layer of cream pebble cortex. The flake is recntagular in plan and sub-triangular in section. it has at least three prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. The distal end has a possible hinge fracture revealing darker brown grey flint which is differently patinated suggesting this has occured in post deposition. The flake is 19.6mm long, 15.2mm wide, 6.9mm thick and weighs 2.62 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-F28582: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a teritary flake of dark brown grey slightly translucant flint that has a semi glossy patina.The flake is sub-triangular in plan and in section. it has at least three prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production. There are possible signs of retouch at the proximal end but this could also be the result of the knapping process. The flake is 30.5mm long, 18.6mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 1.81 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-7D2F12: AXEHEAD
Neolithic (c. 4,000 - 2,500 BC) flint axe: The flint axe has been knapped from flint which is now a mottled mid to dark grey. The axe has been knapped across the surface leaving only three small patches of cortex on the body of the axe. In plan the axe is an elongated oval which tapers slightly at one end. The narrowed terminal is slightly pointed but overall it would be classed as an ovate shape. In section the axe is a sub-pointed oval which is quite bulbous. The axes measures 93.37mm long, 39.32mm wide, 24.21mm thick and weighs 83.48g. The axe dates to the Neolithic based on the ovate shape, and it could be further classified as a thick-butted Type A (Butler, 2005:143).

SUR-6A9063: HANDAXE
A small ovate flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC), 95mm in length and of Wymer (1999) Type K. The handaxe is struck from a pale orange-brown flint with cream coloured patination from post depositional exposure to chalky soils. The object is worked with soft-hammered removals across both faces; the cross section is roughly lenticular, but with an asymmetrical lump to one side.

OXON-0CB1FB: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A triangular flint tool, probably a burin or piercer datnig to the Neolithic period. The tool is made made from a tertiary flake of dark brown flint with a glossy patina. It is sub-triangular in shape and trapezoidal in cross section. While there is no sign of retouch there are at least three earlier removal scars on the dorsal face of the flake and a medium sized bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The flake is 35.1mm long, 17.6mm wide, 8.2mm thick and weighs 5.00 grams. Similar shaped objects termed burins on the database include SUR-BDA821, SWYOR-356703 and LANCUM-25C1E1

OXON-0CA2D6: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint side scraper probably dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period c. 4000-1500 BC. The scraper is worked from a tertiary flake of speckled light brown, almost grey, flint with light grey splotches frequent orange discolouration and light brown section around its edges. It has a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-triangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. The striking platform survives as does a small sized bulb of percussion from which shallow conchoidal ripples emanate. Two negative removal scars from the same direction are present on the dorsal face. There is short, angled, sub-parallel retouch running along the left hand side of the flake. The scraper is 60.2mm long, 28.2mm wide, 9mm thick and weighs 11.87 grams. Scrapers are found in most periods of prehistory, this was found near Early Bronze Age arrowheads and may date to this period or the Neolithic.

OXON-0C8A21: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete Neolithic endscraper dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The end scraper is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a mottled grey white colour with darker grey inclusions and patches. This has a glossy patina. The scraper is sub-oval in plan. It has two long angular edged extending from the one rounded point, the striking platform of the flake, extending to the distal end of the flake which is also curved. The scraper is trapezoidal in cross section with a wider ventral surface. The dorsal surface of the flake at least three earlier negative flake removal scars, all struck in the same direction as the flake. Its distal end has medium length, semi-abrupt, parallel retouch across its length. This extends slightly onto the each edge of the scraper (as seen from the dorsal surface). No retouch exists on the ventral surface although a shallow bulb of percussion survives from which emanates shallow conchoidal ripples. The scraper is 37.8mm long, 22.3mm wide, 6.4mm thick and weighs 6.31 grams. Scrapers have a long duration of use. However endscrapers are suggested by the PAS lithic recording protocol to be typically Neolihtic in date (c.4000-2400 cal BC). This date is further supported by the linear flake removal scars indicating blade manufacture technology and the fine quality of this artefact, which look cruder in the Bronze and Iron Age.

OXON-4592E3: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete scraper dating from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake made of dark brown flint with occasional light brown patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is pentagonal in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The ventral surface shows no retouch but has a pronounced bulb of percussion. There is a large patch of off white pebble cortex on the dorsal surface. The flake is 39.23mm long with a width of 39.14mm, a thickness of 11.73mm and weighs 19.88 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult.

OXON-45D984: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete scraper dating from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake made of dark grey flint with occasional rust coloured brown patches indicating the soil conditions. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular (similar to a cartoon shaped heart in plan) and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The ventral surface shows no retouch but has a pronounced bulb of percussion. The flake is 41.97mm long with a width of 44.85mm, a thickness of 17.85mm and weighs 39.8 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult.

OXON-45E33A: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete rounded scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake with the dorsal face made of light grey flint and the ventral face made of dark grey flint. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is pentagonal in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least four earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows no retouch but has a pronounced bulb of percussion. The is a small paltch of cortex on the strking platform The flake is 42.3mm long with a width of 39.7mm, a thickness of 12.4mm and weighs 22.55grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. Thumbnail forms however are frequently suggested to be Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in date.

OXON-4636C4: DEBITAGE
A piece of possible debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is a tertiary flake of medium grey flint whose surface has occasional light grey inclusions. It has a semi-glossy patina.The flake is roughly lozenge shaped in plan and triangular in cross section and tapers from a short striking platform. There is some evidence of flake removals on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface is smooth and is unworked. The flake is 40.6mm long, 26.78mm wide, 7.04mm thick and weighs 8.95 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact was found in close proximity to a group of other flakes and worked scrapers which might suggest this is debitage from the same activity.

OXON-465741: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint end scraper most commonly found in the early neolithic era (c.4300 BC - c2000 BC). The end scraper is made up of grey flint that is more highly patinated in some areas where it is an off white colour with occasional orange patches from iron products in the soil. It has a semi-glossy patina. It is sub rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. The dorsal face demonstrated at least one earlier flake removals whilst the ventral face shows signs of at least 3 earlier flake removals. The actual scraping end slightly angles into the dorsal face and has clear evidence of multiple retouches to create a rough texture on the ventral face. The scraper is 44.6mm long, 28.4mm wide, 15.7mm thick and weighs 25.09 grams.

OXON-D4D7A4: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake made of medium grey flint with occasional white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least four earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch and has a pronounced bulb of percussion. The flake is 56.6mm long with a width of 45.5mm, a thickness of 15.4mm and weighs 51.9 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D5122C: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake with thin, off white pebble cortex, made of medium grey flint with occasional white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with a wide distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least three earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch at the proximal end. On the ventral face, there are transverse but smooth indents in the flint possibly the result of hinge fractures. The flake is 46.6mm long with a width of 47.3mm, a thickness of 15.2mm and weighs 38.7 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D52738: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake with thin, off white and brown pebble cortex, made of medium grey flint with occasional light grey patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to a wide distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least four earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch at the proximal end and has a pronounced bulb of percussion. The flake is 54.7mm long with a width of 48.5mm, a thickness of 14.7mm and weighs 39.5 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D53EBD: DEBITAGE
One flake of flint debitage of Mesolithic to Neolithic date (c. 8000 - 2400 BC). The piece is a tertiary piece of flint that is a medium brown colour with dark brown patches with a semi glossy patina. The flake is trapezoidal in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at least three earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface struck in the same direction as this flake, while the reverse has none. It appears to have been truncated by a transverse removal at its base. There are no signs of retouch The flake is 36.8mm long, 21.8mm wide, 4.73mm thick and weighs 4.75 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-D59A37: CORE
A complete flint core rejuvenation flake of probable prehistoric date, c.9000-2000 BC. The core is conical in shape, and sub-circular in plan. The dorsal face shows multiple flake scars and the original striking platform, which was removed to create a new platform. The dorsal face shows at least four earlier flake removals, and a small bulb of percussion. The core has a mid brown patina with patches of off white on the dorsal and ventral faces. The core is 43.5mm long, 45.1mm wide, 17.2mm thick, and weighs 30.2 grams. The converging flake removal scars and the cone shape of this flake suggest that this was fragment from the bottom of a core. The flake was then struck off the core to provide a new flat surface from which further flakes could be struck. Core rejuvenation flakes such as this may be Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age in date.

OXON-D5CC26: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possiby indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of light grey flint with a developed matte patina containing occasional patches of off white. There are occasional patches of orange iron staining. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. At least four negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 60.6mm long, 30.2mm wide, 8.44mm thick and weighs 17.7 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D5FB34: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possiby indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a secondary flake, with a thin medium brown and off white cortex, of dark grey flint with a semi-glossy patina, with light brown translucent edges. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. At least three negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 39.9mm long, 27.1mm wide, 5.26mm thick and weighs 5.90 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D61D92: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possiby indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a secondary flake, with a thin light brown cortex, of dark grey flint with a semi-glossy patina, with light brown translucent edges and occasional white patches. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. At least three negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The striking platform survives, as does a small bulb of percussion The flake is 53.2mm long, 20.0mm wide, 6.63mm thick and weighs 7.85 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D65FEC: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possiby indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a teritary flake of medium grey flint with a semi-glossy patina. There are occasion light grey and off white patches, and occasional orange iron staining. The flake is kite shapedin plan and trapazoidal in cross section. At least three negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The striking platform survives, as does the bulb of percussion and a bulbar scar. The flake is 70.4mm long, 38.0mm wide, 13.7mm thick and weighs 40.1 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D67FB2: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possiby indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a teritary flake of light grey flint with a semi-glossy patina. There are occasional medium grey and off white patches. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. At least three negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 73.1mm long, 41.8mm wide, 9.08mm thick and weighs 31.6grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D69852: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possiby indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a teritary flake of light grey flint with a semi-glossy patina. There are occasional off white patches. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. The bulb of percussion and bulbar scar survive. At least two negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 49.9mm long, 32.8mm wide, 9.38mm thick and weighs 14.3grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D6DC34: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a secondary flake with a thin off-white and brown cortex, of dark brown flint with a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. At least two negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 42.6mm long, 20.7mm wide, 7.18mm thick and weighs 8.22 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D6F3F1: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of medium brown flint with a semi-glossy patina, and off white patches. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. At least four negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 27.2mm long, 19.5mm wide, 5.61mm thick and weighs 3.18 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D702D4: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of off white flint with a matte patina, and blueish grey patches. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. The flake is 29.5mm long, 23.5mm wide, 3.34mm thick and weighs 4.98 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D71FBC: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of pinkish light grey flint with a semi-glossy patina, and off white patches. The flake is sub-oval in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. The flake is 47.9mm long, 31.2mm wide, 14.6mm thick and weighs 18.2 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D7325C: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of light grey flint with a semi-glossy patina, and off white patches. The flake is sub-oval in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. The bulb of percussion and bublar scar survive on the ventral face. At least three negative flake removal scars are present on the dorsal face The flake is 47.3mm long, 36.8mm wide, 12.0mm thick and weighs 26.5 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D74258: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of light pinkish grey flint with a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. At least four negative flake removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 35.8mm long, 21.7mm wide, 6.65mm thick and weighs 6.31 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D75212: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a secondary flake, with a medium brown cortex, of off white flint with a matte patina. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. At least six negative flake removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 51.4mm long, 24.8mm wide, 9.97mm thick and weighs 14.0 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a secondary flake, with a medium brown cortext, of dark grey flint with a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. At least four negative flake removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The bulb of percussion survives on the ventral face. The flake is 57.3mm long, 40.7mm wide, 12.8mm thick and weighs 26.0 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of medium grey flint with a semi-glossy patina ans occasional white patches. The flake is sub-triangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. At least four negative flake removal scars are present on the dorsal face. The flake is 48.9mm long, 39.5mm wide, 7.85mm thick and weighs 20.8 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

A Neolithic debitage possibly indicating blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of medium grey flint with a semi-glossy patina and occasional white, orange, and dark grey patches. The flake is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. The flake is 62.7mm long, 54.0mm wide, 11.2mm thick and weighs 42.5 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-D7ADAC: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake made of medium grey flint with occasional white and light grey patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to the wider distal edge which is convex. This distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least two earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows no retouch and has a pronounced bulb of percussion. The flake is 43.7mm long with a width of 38.1mm, a thickness of 14.1mm and weighs 21.8 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D7C1F3: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete side scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake, with a light brown cortex, made of dark grey flint. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. This right distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least three earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch and has a pronounced bulb of percussion. The flake is 43.7mm long with a width of 27.3mm, a thickness of 8.10mm and weighs 11.5 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult.

OXON-D7D528: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake, with a light brown cortex, made of dark grey flint with light grey and off-white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. This right distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least three earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch and has a pronounced bulb of percussion and bulbar scar. The flake is 44.7mm long with a width of 49.1mm, a thickness of 11.1mm and weighs 24.3 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D7E76E: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake, with a medium brown cortex, made of dark grey flint with light brown and off-white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. This left distal edge has short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least two earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch and has a partial bulb of percussion. The flake is 35.1mm long with a width of 34.7mm, a thickness of 11.6mm and weighs 62.1 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D7FE1C: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a secondary flake, with a medium brown cortex, made of dark grey flint with off-white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to a wide distal edge which is convex. There is short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face at the distal end. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least three earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows some retouch. The flake is 28.0mm long with a width of 21.0mm, a thickness of 11.6mm and weighs 19.0 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D80D80: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake, made of medium grey flint with light grey and off-white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to a wide distal edge which is convex. There is short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face at the distal end. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least three earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows no retouch. The bulb of percussion partially survives. The flake is 49.8mm long with a width of 43.3mm, a thickness of 14.9mm and weighs 35.0 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-D81CA1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete end scraper dating to the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The scraper is struck off a tertiary flake, made of medium grey flint with light grey and off-white patches, and has some orange iron staining. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is sub-circular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with the left and right edges angling outwards from the short proximal edge to a wide distal edge which is convex. There is short parallel, semi abrupt retouch on its dorsal face at the distal end. The dorsal face also demonstrates at least two earlier flake removals. The ventral surface shows no retouch. The flake is 76.1mm long with a width of 70.8mm, a thickness of 24.8mm and weighs 140 grams. Scrapers such as this have been used at many points in prehistory making dating their form difficult. End scrapers like these are common in early Neolithic. Neolithic scrapers tend to be larger than those of the Mesolithic.

OXON-3673C3: DEBITAGE
A piece of possible debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is a tertiary flake of medium grey flint whose surfaces has occasional white inclusions. It has a semi-glossy patina.The flake is rectangular in plan and triangular in cross section. No further features such as a bulb of percusion of flake removals exist to identify the object. The flake is 31.5mm long, 9.2mm wide, 5.6mm thick and weighs 1.60 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact was found near two earlier flakes which might suggest this is debitage from the same activity.

OXON-35F16F: DEBITAGE
A piece of debitage of possible Neolithic date c. 4000-2400BC. The flake is worked from a secondary flake of medium light brown translucant flint whose surfaces has a white patch and occasional white inclusions. It has a glossy patina.The flake is an irregular shape in plan and section. it has at least four prior removal scars on its dorsal face all parallel and vertical possibly indicating blade production.No signs of retouch are visible although quite prominent ripples are visible on the ventral surface. The flake is 19.8mm long, 17.2mm wide, 3.9mm thick and weighs 1.33 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. However, this artefact shows evidence of potential blade removals which may be from the production of microlith blades which implies a Mesolithic date of production or from the Neolithic period.

OXON-35D641: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, dating from Early to Middle Neolithic - c. 4000 BC to 2700 cal BC The arrowhead is made of a tertiary flake of medium to light grey semi-glossy flint. It has one band of cream and occasional cream patches. Only part of the arrowhead survives which is bow broadly oval in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. Both surfaces have been worked bifacially with invasive, low angled parallel retouch on all margins and beyond towards the medial area of the arrowhead. The arrowhead is 25.1mm long, 13.4mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 1.38 grams This form fits Butler's (2005: 123) type 1C which suggests and Early to Middle Neolithic date (ibid: 125).

OXON-804834: HANDAXE
An incomplete and damaged Neolithic handaxe of prehistoric date. The object is made of a light grey off white and speckled flint with occasional white patches and orange staining. In parts it has a semi glossy patina. Traces of cortex remain on two wide surfaces which is thin and white one of which has slightly reflective quartz like inclusions. The object survives as an elongated D-shape, the flat edge being the result of an almost transverse break in the axe which is marked by a negative hinge fracture. From this edge the axe narrow slgihtly before having a rounded edge to form the blade or butt of the object. It is a thick pointed oval in cross section. The surfaces of this object are rough although there are clear signs of medium parallel sub-angular retouch around one curve of the butt or blade. There are a number of removals from each wide surface in addition to these where the flint is more grey in colour, there are rough and some are almost certainly the result of plough damage. However some surface do appear to be slightly polished. The axehead is 115.3mm long, 81.1mm wide, 39.2mm thick and weighs 366 grams. This is a very battered tool far less refined than some polished flint axeheads on the database such as OXON-D39D7A. however there are clear signs of intent as seen in the retouch and the oval cross section does suggest this was intended to be a polished flint handaxe. The flint has several inclusions and notably a thick patch of cortex at its break. It is possible then that this was made as a rough out and then failed at this point, or was broken deliberately due to the imperfection. The reoutch then might be either to turn this into an ad hoc scraper or the remains of the initial roughing out process. some removals are irregular and show no human intention which may be the result of plough damage which would explain their less patinated surfaces. If this is the case then this might be suggested to be an early stage of the butt of a polished flint handaxe which are categorised by Field and Wooley as Type C axeheads (Butler 2005, 145 citing Field and Wooley 1984) but at some point in its use, the narrow pointed end will have become damaged. The owner of the tool has then re-knapped this damaged end into a new rougher but still effective point. Polished stone axeheads are numerous on the database and are typically dated to the Neolithic c.4000 to 2400 cal BC. Recent work by Schauer et al. (2019) studying axehead distributions, stone tool quarries and radiocarbon dates supports this wide period of use but also emphasises that peak production of this material may be limited to the Early Neolithic c.4100 – 3400 cal BC (Schauer et al 2019, figure 8). there also appears to . The object is oval in plan and trapazoidal in cross section with one clear angled edge that is has an acute angle enough to be considered a potential cutting edge or a thin angled butt. The opposite is surfaces is more vertical by comparison. Flake removals have come from all sides and directions.

SUR-947603: AXEHEAD
A late neolithic or early Bronze Age ground flint axe made from a mottled grey flint which has patinated ochre. The axe is complete save for modern flake damage on one edge and possibly also on the butt. The blade of the axe has been ground to a smooth surface although on one side the flake scars are too deep to exhibit much of the ground surface. The axe measures 129.71mm by 60.89mm and is 60.89mm thick. The thinness of the axe suggests that it could be influenced by contemporary metal axes.

SUR-00C387: GUNFLINT
A poorly formed gun flint made from a speckled grey flint. The flint is pentagonal.

SUR-18602B: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of Sutton Type, 30.5mm in length and dating to the early to middle Bronze Age (2400 - 1000 BC). The arrowhead is bifacial worked from pale brown flint, with covering scaled low-angle retouch. The patina is pale grey suggesting prolonged deposition in a calcareous environment. One barb has broken away and there is recent damage to both long edges.

SUR-2A22B3: AXE
A complete Neolithic flint axe. The axe is long (131mm) and slender and is made from a cherty grey flint which has been heavily patinated white. The axe has extensive iron staining.

SUR-201861: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A pointed flint handaxe, 108mm in length and 189.6g in weight with bifacial working and a roughly lozengiform cross section. There is short sub-parallel abrupt retouch around all edges. According to Wymer's (1999) typological series, it can be described as part of his Mode 2 technology, Type F, with a trimmed butt, straight sides and an acute point. The handaxe has a brown patina corresponding to prolonged deposition in terrace gravels. The tip has a relatively fresh break which shows a brown coloured flint typical of nodules available from paleogene clay-with-flints deposits in downland areas.

OXON-578491: DEBITAGE
A later prehistoric, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age flake (piece of debiatge). A secondary flake with previous removals evident of the dorsal side. The flint is a brown colour.

OXON-BD3D62: FLAKE
A Later prehistoric Flint Flake, plain platform, no preparation.

OXON-BD6901: BLADE
A later prehistoric Flint blade, Proximal Fragment, plain platform with preparation.

OXON-368FF3: DEBITAGE
A broken flint flake with three previous flake scars on the dorsal surface. Mesolithic to Bronze Age c. 10,000 - 1500 BC.

OXON-53BE5C: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete struck flint tanged and barbed arowhead dating to the Beaker / Early to Middle Bronze Age period, c. 2350 - 1800 BC. The arrowhead has been made from a tertiary flake of a heavily patinated white / mottled light grey flint. There is invasive retouch over all surfaces including the tang and remaining barb. The arrowhead has suffered severe damage or sharp break diagonally from the tip down and through one barb, the resulting break being clean and heavily patinated. There are some iron staining spots on the surface of the arrowhead.

OXON-EC04E0: GUNFLINT
A complete Post-Medieval knapped chert, gun-flint c. 1600 - 1850 AD. The flint is close to a perfect square, typically flat to the ventral side with the topmost dorsal side knapped into a wedge form with numerous flake scars. Viewed from the side, it forms an irregular polygon. The material is a grey chert with irregular small white angular inclusions. It measures 20.2mm x 19.32mm and 0.9mm deep, weighing 4.2gm.

OXON-EA22C3: POLISHED AXEHEAD
A fragment of a polished flint axehead dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500 BC). The axehead has been very badly damaged, with mechanical damage evident. The remains of the axe comprises most of the cutting edge, which is beautifully polished and still sharp, and also a length of either the dorsal or ventral side. The breaks are jagged and sharp.

OXON-79D2BA: ARROWHEAD
Complete barbed and tanged arrow head of early Bronze Age date c.2200-1800 BC. The arrow head is of a light grey opaic flint of unpatinated dark grey flint with paler inclusions. It is ogival in plan and the face is covered by hammer struck retouch marks. The left-hand tang (when viewed from the dorsal face, point up) has been broken and reworked resulting in a minor discrepancy between barb lengths, or it is just difficulty with working a rather thick part of the initial flake blank. The point also appears to have been broken with no reworking. Length: 16.41mm, Width: 16.8mm, Thickness 4.21mm. Weight: 1.2grams.

OXON-47D706: FLAKE
A complete flint retouched flake of Palaeolithic date. The flake has been made from a yellowy-beige flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are visible along with some soft-hammer retouching along the left lateral edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).

OXON-ABF9F9: BLADE
A Neolithic flint blade made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. with platform bulb an removals. Tiny area of retouch on left proximal end and at proximal end over bulb. Broken at distal end. c. 4000-2100 BC.

OXON-6846DD: FLAKE
A neoltihic notched flake. The artefact is a tertiary flake made of black flint with occasional white inclusions and appears to have a semi glossy patina. The flake is trapezoidal in plan being wider at its distal end than its proximal end. The dorsal surface has a notch taken from its right hand side which may show some retoutch. The ventral surface lack retoutch but has a medium bulb of percussion and an eraillure scar are visible, as are some medium conchoidal ripples close to the distal end. The striking platform also survives. The flint is 26.7mm long, 25.5mm wide and weighs 3.31 grams.

OXON-925E77: FLAKE
A Neolithic or Bronze Age unretouched flake, bluish-white in colour.

OXON-A4EBD8: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic to Bronze Age flint side scraper with a double bulb on the ventral surface. The scraper is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a mottled white colour with occasional orange inclusions. The scraper is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with a wider ventral surface. Scaler retouch is present on the left dorsal surface. The dorsal surface of the flake at least four earlier negative flake removal scars, all struck in the same direction as the flake. Medium occasional conchoidal ripples are visible on the ventral surface. The scraper is 48.5mm long, 25mm wide, 25mm thick and weighs 20.1 grams. Scrapers have a long duration of use as such this may date from any time between the Neolithic and Late Bronze Age.

OXON-B4D635: GUNFLINT
A complete knapped gun-flint from a flintlock musket of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1900. The gunflint is broadly rectangular in plan and is of the classic wedge shape being trapezoidal in cross section. Short scaled semi-abrupt around one side and extends halfway along the adjoining edges. One corner has longer removal along it likely to obliterate the the bulb of percussion, similarly no striking platform is present. The flint is a very dark brown grey with very occasional light grey inclusions. The flint is 22.0mm long, 17.0mm wide, 5.0mm thick and weighs 2.99 grams. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century and became the main regulation firearm for the British Army during the reign of William III. The knapped flint was used within the musket hammer mechanism to produce a spark and could last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced. They were produced from shaped long blanks (see KENT-AA1B15) and then snapped off sometimes on as and when basis. A similar example has been recorded as WILT-0B6F58 which states that "there is no documentary evidence for when or where sparks from flint were first used to fire gunpowder, but flintlock guns were being used in France from about 1600. There is a written record of an order received by London gunsmiths in 1661 to provide 15,000 'flintstones cutt' for the garrisons in Tangier and Ireland. This gunflint may have been associated with the local activity during the Civil War, but they continued being used throughout the 19th century, especially during the Napoleonic Wars".

OXON-53AC9E: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint scraper of possible Late Neolithic to Bronze Age date, c. 3000-1000 BC. The scraper is worked from a tertiary flake of speckled white flint with light grey splotches occasional orange discolouration and light brown section around its edges. It has a semi-glossy patna. The flake is sub-oval in plan almost a horseshoe shape, and sub-trapezoidal in cross section. The striking platform survives as does a medium sized bulb of percussion At least two negative removal scars from the same direction are present on the dorsal face. The scraper has short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt re-touch along curved distal edge of the scraper but not where the striking platform is placed. there are also morre irregular scars on its right side which may represent more recent damage by the plough. The scraper is 31.3mm long, 27.7mm wide, 6.9mm thick and weighs 7.52 grams. This is a horseshoe shaped scraper, which tend to be later Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in date. It has been found near flakes showing evidence for narrow blade technology which are a visible characteristic of flint work in the later Mesolithic and Neolithic periods as such it is probably Neolithic in date.

OXON-53BF10: DEBITAGE
A piece of flint debitage probably from Neolithic Blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The scraper is worked from a tertiary flake of speckled white flint with light grey splotches occasional orange discolouration and light brown section around its edges. It has a semi-glossy patna. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The striking platform survives as does a medium sized bulb of percussion from which conchoidal ripples emanate. Two negative removal scars from the same direction are present on the dorsal face. There is no sign of retouch. The scraper is 38mm long, 18mm wide, 7.1mm thick and weighs 4.56 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-500F35: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A near complete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a matte white colour wtth orange flecks. Almost the entire arrowhead survives barring the tips of each barb, which are chipped off half way along their length. Both breaks have the same patination as the rest of the arrow indicating this occurred a long time ago, possibly before its deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. The arrowhead is 21mm long, 17.7mm wide and 3.6mm thick. It weighs 0.94 grams. The form of this arrowhead with barbs that are slightly angular comfortably fits the Conygar Farm arrowhead (type d) (Butler 2005, 162-165 after Green 1980). This form is associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162)

OXON-5038A3: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A collection of three incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowheads each dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. Each of the arrowheada are made from a tertiary flake of flint. Two are matte white colour wtth orange flecks, the third is an off white almoost grey color near its edges. Each of the arrowheads has some damage either missing part of a barh, tang or arrow tip but would have sharedthe same broad form. In each case the breaks have the same patination as the rest of the arrowheads indicating they occurred a long time ago, possibly before their deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. Arrowhead 1 is 22.4mm long, 19.1mm wide and 5.6mm thick. It weighs 1.95 grams. Arrowhead 2 is 22mm long, 16.6mm wide and 4mm thick. It weighs 1.05 grams. Arrowhead 3 is 21.6mm long, 16.9mm wide and 4.6mm thick. It weighs 1.49 grams. The form of these arrowheads with barbs that are slightly angular comfortably fits the Conygar Farm arrowhead (type d) (Butler 2005, 162-165 after Green 1980). This form is associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162)

OXON-5059FC: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a matte white colour with light brown grey patches. The arrowhead's barbs have been truncated by irregular breaks half way along their length. Both breaks have the same patination as the rest of the arrow indicating this occurred a long time ago, possibly before its deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. The arrowhead is 27.3mm long, 15.3mm wide and 3.5mm thick. It weighs 1.15 grams. The form of this arrowhead with barbs that are slightly angular comfortably fits the Conygar Farm arrowhead (type d) (Butler 2005, 162-165 after Green 1980). This form is associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162)

OXON-A8208D: DEBITAGE
A Neolithic side scraper made from debitage of blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The object is worked from a tertiary flake of mostly dark grey semi glossy flint that has occasional lightbrown and light grey speckles and patches. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and trapazoidal in cross section. The striking platform survives as does a medium sized bulb of percussion from which sparse shallow conchoidal ripples emanate. At least six negative removal scars struck from the same direction as this flake are present on the dorsal face. There is a small amount of sub-parallel semi-abrupt retoutch on one of the distal corners of the flake on the dorsal surface. There are also traces extengin beyond this corner to the side of the flake on the ventral surface. The scraper is 35.4mm long, 21.2mm wide, 5.6mm thick and weighs 5.42 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation, as are sidescrapers which this appears to have been reworked into, however the width and linear nature of the earlier flake removals on this flake indicate blade manufacture which may be either Mesolithic or Neolithic in date.

OXON-575B63: DEBITAGE
A collection of five amorphous flint debitage pieces, of varying sizes and colours. Probably later prehistoric c. Neolithic to Bronze Age. None are diagnostic and they are not retouched. Collected weight 19.8 grams. Largest (black) flint is 41.5mm long. Also has modern machine damage

OXON-5764A5: DEBITAGE
A collection of three blade-like flakes of later prehistoric date, probably Neolithic to Bronze Age in date (c. 3500-1500 BC). No retouch. All the pieces are a similar off-white colour and all are of a similar shape and size. Combined weight 5.8 grams. Two longest are 30.3 mm long. All have bulbs and previous flake scars.

OXON-5773E2: MICROLITH
A complete flint microlith dating to the Mesolithic period (c. 10,000-4000 BC). The microlith is made on a light orange-brown flake, being semi-translucent at the proximal end. The microlith has a triangular cross section. There is a small area of retouch at the lower left on dorsal side, possibly intended to be a notch.

OXON-577CDC: CORE
A Prehistoric, later Mesolithic to Neolithic, flint core tablet probably dating 6000-2100 BC. The tablet retains the bulb of percussion and previous removals can be seen on the dorsal side. The flint is off-white in colour.

OXON-692A7F: BORER
A probable Neolithic knapped and retouched borer dating to c. 4000 - 2100 BC. The borer is made from a secondary flint flake which retains a thick orange white pebble cortex on part of its dorsal surface. The flint is dark grey colour with occasional light grey freckles on its ventral surface. The borer is an irregular shape with a pointed proximal end. This the sides extending from the proximal tip have short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on the dorsal surface. There is also at least three earlier flake removals from this surface struck in the same direction as the flake. The ventral surface has traces of an eraillure scar and some flakes chipped from it sides (that may be post-depositional) shallow conchoidal waves are also visible. The borer is 44.6mm long, 20.1mm wide, 9.2mm thick and weighs 5.67 grams. The presence of retouch around a point suggests the tool is a borer. A Neolithic date is suggested due to the evidence of earlier flake removals which are of the suitable size for blade production.

OXON-694B20: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A probable Neolithic scraper dating to c. 4000 - 2100 BC. The scraper is made from a secondary flint flake which retains a thick orange white pebble cortex on part of its dorsal surface. Th flint is dark grey colour with occasional light grey freckles on its dorsal surface. The border is trapezoidal in plan and cross section with one long straight side edge (the left if viewed from the dorsal surface). This edge has short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on the ventral surface while the edge on the dorsal surface is rounded due to a hinge fracture. There is one three earlier flake removal from this surface struck in the same direction as the flake. The ventral surface has shallow conchoidal waves suggesting the use of a soft hammer. The scraper is 47.8mm long, 26.0mm wide, 7.0mm thick and weighs 9.33 grams. Scrapers are found in most periods of prehistory, this example is relatively undiagnostic in form, although its coarseness may suggest it is Early Bronze Age in date. however, a Neolithic date is suggested due to the presence of a nearby possible Neolithic borer made of similar flint (OXON-692A7F).

OXON-B72A2E: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Mesolithic to Neolithic probable scraper dating to c. 8000- 2100 BC. The scraper is made from a tertiary flint flake lacking any cortex. it is made of mottled light grey flint with some light brown speckles and larger off white patches, It has a glossy patina. The object is sub-oval in plan and trapezoidal in plan and cross section. The dorsal surface shows at least two earlier flake removal from this surface struck in the same direction as the flake. There is potential re-touch on the lower left side of the dorsal surface creating a rough edge. The ventral surface has shallow but clear conchoidal waves suggesting the use of a soft hammer although no striking platform survives. The scraper is 26.6mm long, 16.1mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs 1.40 grams. Scrapers are found in most periods of prehistory, this example is relatively undiagnostic in form, although its narrowness coupled with apparently straight prior blade removals may indicate a Mesolithic to Neolithic date.

OXON-92D595: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c.4000 - 800 cal BC). The scraper is made from a secondary flint flake which retains a thin white cortex on part of its dorsal surface. The remaining flint is medium to dark grey colour with occasional light grey freckles and patches on both surfaces. The scraper is irregular in plan with a point at its top widening to a maximmum width two thirds of the way down its length and then narrowing again to a soft rounded point at its bottom. The flake is also curved in profile as the result of a hinge fracture at its bottom. The left edges of the of the flake (as seen from the dorsal surface) both have medium, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch along their ventral faces so that the flake might be descibed both as an end scraper and side scraper. There are also at least three, maybe four, earlier flake removals from this surface struck in the same direction as the flake. The ventral surface has very shallow conchoidal waves and a small bulb of percussion, suggesting the use of a soft hammer. The flake is 37.5mm long, 22.5mm wide, 11.0mm thick in profile and weighs 7.40 grams. Scrapers are found in most periods of prehistory, this example is relatively undiagnostic in form, while its coarseness may suggest it is Early Bronze Age in date, end scrapers are often suggested to be Neolithic in date such that either period is possible.

OXON-95A799: AXEHEAD
A crude struck flint handaxe probably dating c. -4000-2400 The hand axe is sub-oval in form with a point of maximum width placed one third of the way down its length and a a vesica shape (pointed oval) in cross section. It has been knapped on both surfaces with one surface showing a large patch of thin mottled white cortex, although the opposite surface also has a smaller patch of cortex near its edge. The remaining flint is a matte medium to light brown colour. While most of the removals are large it is clear there are a series or parallel retouch removals close to the "butt" end of the blade and one larger removal to the side of these which may be accidental. The axe is 97.4mm long, 58.6mm wide, c.21mm thick and weighs 121.19 grams. The object is similarly to Palaeolithic handaxes however it is also similar to those axes defined as ovates on the database such that a Neolithic date is suggested for this example similar to DOR-6992AB and HAMP-EE3F7D

OXON-5391AA: GUNFLINT
A complete knapped gun-flint from a flintlock musket of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1900. The gunflint is broadly rectangular in plan and is of the classic wedge shape being trapezoidal in cross section. Short scaled semi-abrupt around one side and extends halfway along the adjoining edges. No striking platform is present although faint ripples on the reverse indicate it was struck at 90 degrees to the long wedge shaped surface. The flint is a very dark brown grey with very occasional light grey inclusions. The flint is 22.2mm long, 19.0mm wide, 5.0mm thick and weighs 3.31 grams. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century and became the main regulation firearm for the British Army during the reign of William III. The knapped flint was used within the musket hammer mechanism to produce a spark and could last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced. They were produced from shaped long blanks (see KENT-AA1B15) and then snapped off sometimes on as and when basis. A similar example has been recorded as WILT-0B6F58 which states that "there is no documentary evidence for when or where sparks from flint were first used to fire gunpowder, but flintlock guns were being used in France from about 1600. There is a written record of an order received by London gunsmiths in 1661 to provide 15,000 'flintstones cutt' for the garrisons in Tangier and Ireland. This gunflint may have been associated with the local activity during the Civil War, but they continued being used throughout the 19th century, especially during the Napoleonic Wars".

OXON-ED8637: FABRICATOR
An Neolithic flint fabricator used for lighting fires dating to between c.4000-2400 cal BC. The tool is made is from a tertiary flake of flint that is mostly matte white colour with occasional darker grey flecks. The tool is sub-triangular in cross section and sub-rectangular in plan with long, parallel slightly convex sides. It has a curved rounded point a with invasive, scaled, flaked removal on both sides. There are frequent chips which may represent retouch on the sides and at least two prior flake removals on the dorsal surface The fabricator is 66.9mm long, 25.1mm wide, 18.2mm thick and weighs 64.14 grams.

OXON-EE25CB: AXEHEAD
An incomplete damaged Neolithic axehead which has been repurposed to form form a scraper. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section and profile. In plan it has one transverse edge and one curved edge both of which have flake removals to create rough edges to the object. Only one side of the scraper retains the smooth edge of the original axe representing the side facet of the polished axe. The original dome of one wide surface is also visible although flakes have been removed from this surface to provide a better scraper. The opposite surface to this has more invasive deeper removal to create an almost flat surface. The scraper has a mostly very light grey (almost mottled white) patina with a large central medium grey patch on the reverse. There are bright orange lines and spots on both of the larger surfaces indicative of iron staining from the soil. The scraper is 49.6mm long, 43.3mm wide, 23mm thick and weighs 79.5 grams. The artefact would have originally been a sub-triangular smoothly polished tool much like WILT-E1FDF2 or BERK-713A80 which are categorised by Field and Wooley as Type C axeheads (Butler 2005, 145 citing Field and Wooley 1984) but at some point in its use it will have become damaged and then repurposed to become a scraper. The maker of this tool would may have reused an axe and it is a very tactile object which the smooth edge and reverse sitting comfortably in the hand. Polished stone axeheads are numerous on the database and are typically dated to the Neolithic c.4000 to 2400 cal BC. Recent work by Schauer et al. (2019) studying axehead distributions, stone tool quarries and radiocarbon dates supports this wide period of use but also emphasises that peak production of this material may be limited to the Early Neolithic c.4100 – 3400 cal BC (Schauer et al 2019, figure 8).

OXON-423565: ARROWHEAD
A complete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, dating from Early to Middle Neolithic - c. 4000 BC to 2700 cal BC The arrowhead is made of a tertiary flake of medium to light grey semi-glossy flint. It has been knapped into a pointed oval shape with one point being more rectangular to form a tang. Both surfaces have been worked bifacially with invasive, low angled parallel retouch on all margins and beyond towards the medial area of the arrowhead. It is a pointed oval in cross section. The arrowhead is 53.4mm long, 23.7mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 5.33 grams This form fits Butler's (2005: 123) type 1C which suggests and Early to Middle Neolithic date (ibid: 125).

OXON-A15D68: HANDAXE
A complete Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean bifaced flint hand axe dating c. 500000-190000 BC. The axehead has been worked on all sides with one region of thin pebble cortex being visible on one of the wide faces. This is a cream colour with occasional iron staining There are patches of cortex like cream coloured material on other faces which may be imperfections in the flint. The flint is mostly an off white colour with dark grey patches and occasional iron staining The axe is triangular in plan with a rounded butt and well formed rounded point. It is broadly a pointed oval in profile and in cross-section. The point is narrower in thickness than the body, with the body increasing gradually in thickness along its length. The thickest section of the body is approximately one fifth of the way down its length from the butt. The point shows fine retouch to create a rounded point whilst the remaining edges of the axeheads have cruder removals. The hand axe is 112.6mm long, 79.4mm wide and c.38mm thick. It weighs 263 grams. Similar examples on the database include WILT-226C9D, SUR-201861, DOR-A494A4 ands BH-4BF91D

OXON-A17A37: AXEHEAD
A broken and incomplete Neolithic flaked and polished flint axe, dating to c.4000-2350 BC. The surviving axe is sub-triangular, almost trapezoidal, in form with a damaged but mostly rounded terminal edge on one side and an irregular diagonal break on the opposite side. The long edges expand in convex curves from the blade to this wider broken terminal. The axehead is 11.7mm thick at the terminal edge and expands along its surviving length to 20.7mm thick at the terminal. The thickness of the terminal and width expansion may suggest this representing the butt of the coimpleted axehead. The axe's outside surfaces appear to have been polished on at least one surface which has a region near the break which his very smooth with a glossy patina, however it is still possible to identify conchoidal ripples from multiple flake removals across both surfaces. No side facets are visible instrad the flake removals give the axehead and pointed oval cross section. The object has a mostly medium grey patina with several light brown patches. This patina is found on the broken terminal suggesting the break happened before it was left in situ. The axehead also has frequent bright orange lines indicative of iron staining from the soil. The axe is 90.6mm long. it is 25.6mm wide at its crescent edge, 48.6mm wide at its broken terminal. It weighs 103.49 grams. The maker of this tool would likely have intended this axe to have been a a sub-triangular smoothly polished tool much like WILT-E1FDF2 or BERK-713A80 which are categorised by Field and Wooley as Type C axeheads (Butler 2005, 145 citing Field and Wooley 1984). Polished stone axeheads are numerous on the database and are typically dated to the Neolithic c.4000 to 2400 cal BC. Recent work by Schauer et al. (2019) studying axehead distributions, stone tool quarries and radiocarbon dates supports this wide period of use but also emphasises that peak production of this material may be limited to the Early Neolithic c.4100 – 3400 cal BC (Schauer et al 2019, figure 8).

OXON-A2F5A5: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic side scraper dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The scraper is made from a secondary flake of dark grey flint which thin white pebble cortex on the the surface opposite the striking platform only. It has a glossy patina. The scraper is an irregular lozenge shape in cross section and sub-rectangular in plan. The ventral surface has short, sub-parallel, low-angled retouch running along the left edge just below the striking platform. There is a medium sized bulb of percussion with a a percussion (eraillure) scar from which conchouidal ripples emanate across the surface. There is also further sub-parallel, low-angled retouch along the length of the left edge of the dorsal face. This face has at least five earlier flake removals. The striking platform survives as a smooth surface. The scraper is 35.5mm long, 15.3mm wide, 5.5mm thick and weighs 2.71 grams. While scrapers might be used in many periods side srapers are frequently attributed to the Neolithic.

OXON-A30892: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic side scraper which has possibly been reworked into a notched tool dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The tool is made from a tertiary flake of speckled light grey flint with light brown and off white patches. It has a semi-glossy patina. The scraper is an trapazoidal in cross section and rectangular in plan. The ventral surface has irregular retoutch on its left side creating a crescent notch and possible chips to its right edge. there is no bulb of percussion, or a percussion (eraillure) scar or ripples running across the surface thus indicating the use of a soft hammer. There is also further sub-parallel, low-angled retouch along the length of the left edge of the dorsal face. This face has at least three earlier flake removals. The scraper is 35.3mm long, 15.2mm wide, 5.4mm thick and weighs 3.51 grams. While scrapers might be used in many periods side srapers are frequently attributed to the Neolithic.

OXON-F4A4C5: ARROWHEAD
A collection of four incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowheads each dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. Each of the arrowheads are made from a tertiary flake of flint. Two are matte white colour with orange flecks. The second two are occasionally grey occasionally matte white. Each of the arrowheads has some damage either missing part of a barb, tang or arrow tip but would have shared the same broad form with one being slightly longer than the remaining three. In each case the breaks have the same patination as the rest of the arrowheads indicating they occurred a long time ago, possibly before their deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. Arrowhead 1 is 27.7mm long, 15.7mm wide and 4.8mm thick. It weighs 1.81 grams. Arrowhead 2 is 22.8mm long, 18.8mm wide and 4.7mm thick. It weighs 1.65 grams. Arrowhead 3 is 14.6mm long, 17.5mm wide and 3.8mm thick. It weighs 0.86 grams. Arrowhead 4 is 19.3mm long, 20.8mm wide and 5.3mm thick. It weighs 1.63 grams. The form of these arrowheads with barbs that are slightly angular comfortably fits the Conygar Farm arrowhead (type d) (Butler 2005, 162-165 after Green 1980). This form is associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162)

OXON-F4BA37: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint side scraper probably dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period c. 4000-1500 BC. The scraper is worked from a tertiary flake of speckled light brown, almost grey, flint with light grey splotches occasional orange discolouration and light brown section around its edges. It has a semi-glossy patna. The flake is sub-triangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. The striking platform survives as does a medium sized bulb of percussion with a a percussion (eraillure) scar from which conchoidal ripples emanate. Two negative removal scars from the same direction are present on the dorsal face. There is short, angled, sub-parallel retouch running along the right hand side of the flake. The scraper is 45.6mm long, 26.2mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 6.82 grams. Scrapers are found in most periods of prehistory, this was found near Early Bronze Age arrowheads and may date to this period or the Neolithic.

OXON-F4CBA5: DEBITAGE
A flint side scraper probably dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period c. 4000-1500 BC. The object is worked from a secondary flake that retains a thin crust of white pebble cortex on one edge. It is made of mottled light grey flint with white patches that has a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-oval in plan and uneven in cross section. The striking platform survives as does a medium sized bulb of percussion from which conchoidal ripples emanate. Two negative removal scars from the same direction are present on the dorsal face. There is no sign of retouch. The piece is 36.6mm long, 24.5mm wide, 6.5mm thick and weighs 4.50 grams. A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation however this was found near Early Bronze Age arrowheads and may date to this period or the Neolithic.

OXON-32FAF5: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint side scraper probably dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period c. 4000-1500 CAL BC. The scraper is worked from a tertiary flake of grey, flint with areas of occasional orange discolouration and light brown section around its edges. It has a semi-glossy patna. The flake is sub-triangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross section. There are conchoidal ripples on the reverse. Two negative removal scars from the same direction are present on the dorsal face. There is short, angled, sub-parallel retouch running along the left hand side of the flake. The scraper is 27.2mm long, 19.3mm wide and 6.7mm thick and it weighs 3.06 grams. A similar example on the database is OXON F4BA37.

OXON-343D74: DEBITAGE
A flint blade, debitage, of prehistoric date. The blade, is comprised of an opaque mottled light grey flint. It is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross-section with a slight central ridge with multiple facets on the dorsal side. On the reverse, there are a series of conchoidal ripples. There is no evidence of retouching. The debitage flake is 24.3mm long, 9.9mm wide, 2.7mm thick and it weighs 0.6 grams.

OXON-8D4DC0: CORE
A probable rejuvenation flake from a polished flint axe-head, possibly dating to the Neolithic (4000-2400 BC) The object is subrectangular in plan with rounded edges and a pointed-oval in cross section. The dorsal surface has smooth patches and there are several shallow areas where ripples can be seen from percussion strikes which tend to have been struck from the edge of the object towards its centre. The ventral surface is far more irregular with one clear hinge fracture. There appear also to be occasional removals but these may have occured after the object was left in the ground. The fragment is from a tertiary flint flake that has a matte grey and cream white patina on its ventral surface but with a semi-glossy patina on its dorsal surface. There are occasion rust-coloured stains. The fragment is 67.7mm long, 52.7mm wide, 14.9mm thick and weighs 61.72 grams. The polished flint surface on the dorsal face is very similar to that seen on polished flint stone axe heads e.g. OXON-3361DE. However, the shape of the flint suggests that it has been removed from such an object possiblly to allow the majority of the axe head to be re-purposed into another tool. There do appear to be flake removals around the edge of this object but there does not appear to be enough retouch to demonstrate that this flake has been turned into a tool. If coming from a polished Neolithic axe-head, then this fragment will date to circa 4000 to 2400 cal BC. However it has been suggested that the peak production of these tools may be limited to the early Neolithic circa 4000 to 3400 cal BC (Schauer et al 2019, figure 8).

OXON-990D66: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A piece of flint debitage probably from Neolithic Blade production dating to, c. 4000-2400 BC. The flake is made from a tertiary flint of semi-glossy dark grey with lighter patches. The blade is trapezoidal in shape and has a curved, thin profile. The striking platform survives as does a small sized bulb of percussion from which several shallow concentric ripples emanate. A single negative removal scar from the same direction is present on the dorsal face. Overall the flake is 26.77mm long, 19.28mm wide at the apex tapering to 7.66mm at the base, 4.23mm thick and weighs 2.46 grams.

OXON-9D1AF2: ARROWHEAD
A damaged flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, dating from Early to Middle Neolithic - c. 4000 BC to 2700 cal BC The arrowhead is made of a tertiary flake of medium to light grey semi-glossy flint. It has been knapped into a pointed oval shape with one point being more rectangular to form a tang. Both surfaces have been worked bifacially with invasive, low angled parallel retouch on all margins and beyond towards the medial area of the arrowhead. It is a pointed oval in cross section. This form fits Butler's (2005: 123) type 1C which suggests and Early to Middle Neolithic date (ibid: 125).

OXON-37B2F3: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age c.2500-1500 cal BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of flint that is a matte white colour. Almost the entire arrowhead survives barring the tip of one barb, which is chipped off half way along its length, and the tang which is also slightly truncated. Both breaks have the same patination as the rest of the arrow indicating this occurred a long time ago, possibly before its deposition. Each surface is covered in scaled retotuch. The arrowhead is 30mm long, 26mm wide and 3mm thick. It weighs 3 grams. The form of this arrowhead with barbs that are slightly angular comfortably fits the Conygar Farm arrowhead (type d) (Butler 2005, 162-165 after Green 1980). This form is associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC (Butler 2005, 162)

SUR-53BE3A: POLISHED AXEHEAD
A polished late Neolithic axehead, 112.7mm in length, made from a grey flint. The axehead has a lenticular cross section which expands in width from 30.6mm at the butt to 52.7mm at the front. The cutting edge is lost to heavy battering damage which looks to be the result of use and also has removal scars consistent with attempts at re-sharpening.

OXON-7D1789: CORE
Mesolithic to Neolithic (c. 6,500 to c. 2,200 BC) core: The core is traingular in section and sub-rectangular in profile. One face is almost completely covered in cortex. The core appears to be used to produce long, parrallel blades of varying width. The core has one striking platform to remove blades, The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour. The core measures 75.77mm long, 28.67mm wide, is 22.58mm thick and weighs 61.29 grams. The core probably dates to the Mesolithic to Neolithic period when taking into account of the single striking platform, blades, and parrellel blade removal. The core could be Palaeolithic but this is not likely considering the unabraded condition it is in. .

OXON-60BFBB: BLADE
A late Mesolithic or Neolithic flint blade or flake: In section the blade is trapezoidal and in plan is sub-triangular. The dorsal surface has three main vertical scars. The ventral surface has ripples, bulb of percussion and bulbar scars. The proximal end is broken and missing, but this is not contemporary to the knapping as the mottled blue and white patina does not cover the break. The break reveals an opaque brown coloured flint. It measures 15.16mm long, 16.43mm wide, and weighs 1.6g. The flint is mottled pale blue/grey which is the patina. The blade dates to the late Mesolithic to Neolithic periods (-6500 - -2100).

SUR-F7C037: HANDAXE
An incomplete flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC). The tool is of elongated ovate form, 140mm in length and most likely of Wymer (1999) Type K. It has a thick (48mm) cross section and is struck from a dark grey-brown flint, with light brown to buff-coloured patination typical of deposition in glacial outwash sand and gravel terrace deposits in southern England. The tool is bifacially worked with soft hammer flaking; recent and unpatinated post-depositional damage is evident from the broken off tip and a potlid fracture on one side. Traces of cortex and fossil inclusions are evident on one side and on the butt end.

BERK-8634C7: AXE
A Mesolithic Thames Valley tranchet axehead. A flaked core tool of broadly rectangular shape and asymmetrical profile formed from a light grey flint nodule interspersed with large patches of cortex. The dorsal face is convexly curved with an uneven ridge. The ventral face is flatter with a more even ridge. The long edges are roughly parallel with the narrowed relatively flat blade. The butt is slightly narrower than the body and is rounded. Both the dorsal and ventral faces are crudely worked across the body. Patchy iron staining covers both faces.

BH-30CB91: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
A Mesolithic tranchet axehead. A flaked core tool of broadly rectangular shape and asymmetrical profile formed from a light grey flint nodule interspersed with large patches of cortex. The dorsal face is convexly curved. The ventral face is concavely bowed. The long edges are roughly parallel with the narrowed sub-rounded blade. The butt is slightly narrower than the body and is relatively square and flat. Both the dorsal and ventral faces are crudely worked across the body. The dorsal face has a sub-central ridge / spine extending longitundinally along the body. The cutting edge has been finely retouched. Patchy iron staining covers both faces. The tranchet axehead measures 155mm in length, 58.5mm in width, 36.4mm in maximum thickness and weighs 416 grams.

BH-DF1403: DEBITAGE
A flint blade, debitage, probably dating to the Mesolithic period (c. 9000-4000 BC). The blade, comprised of opaque mottled light grey flint, is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in cross-section. Partially patinated tertiary blade with multiple facets on the dorsal face. Some evidence of short, scaled, abrupt measl retouching on both edges of dorsal face. Length 42.9mm, 10.3mm width, 4.1mm thickness and 1.92 grams in weight.

BERK-BE18E1: DEBITAGE
A fragment of a Bronze Age flint flake, with 2 dorsal arrises. Apparent hard hammer percussion evident. Expedient piece.

OXON-BA5144: SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Probable Mesolithic to early Neolithic (-9000 to -2900) serrated blade or denticulate: The knapped mid grey/brown mottled coloured flint artefact appears to have been formed from a flake which is triangular in section. One lateral edge has been re-touched forming very small notches (denticulations), mainly knapped from the dorsal surface. The other lateral edge has fine serrations. The tip, distal end , is slightly truncated due to re-touch on the dorsal surface. The blade weighs 3.23g and measures 41.16mm long, 15.22mm wide and 6.25mm thick. The blade is probably Mesolithic to early Neolithic (-9000 to -2900). Butler (2005) illustrates a similar serrated blade, Figure 44, Nos. 8 and 9 / Figure 55, No. 2. Butler, C. 2005 Prehistoric Flintwork Tempus

OXON-B9F4CB: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Neolithic to early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 1000 BC) scraper: The scraper is knapped from a secondary flake which is a sub-drop shape. The dorsal surface has three vertical scars across the surface and re-touch scars which are short, semi-abrupt, and scaled, occurring on c. 30% of the edge and is focussed on the lower edge, distal end. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion, bulbar scars and conchoidal ripples. The scraper is knapped from flint which is a mottled dark to mid brown colour. It measures 41.2mm long from the proximal to distal end, 28.51mm wide, 6.68mm thick and weighing 8.24g. The scraper is a rounded scraper and dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 4000 to 1000 BC.

OXON-B9C7DE: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Neolithic to early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 1000 BC) scraper: The scraper is knapped from a secondary flake which is a sub-oval. The dorsal surface has multiple scars across the surface and re-touch scars which are short, semi-abrupt, and scaled, occurring on c. 60% of the edge. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion, bulbar scars and conchoidal ripples. The scraper is knapped from flint which is a dark grey. It measures 37.93mm long from the proximal to distal end, 38.08mm wide, 9.53mm thick and weighing 16.17g. The scraper is a rounded scraper and dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 4000 to 1000 BC.

OXON-B98525: DEBITAGE
Neolithic to early Bronze Age (4000 - 1000BC) debitage in the form of .... Column Row Description A 1 Primary flake, flint with a prominent bulb of percussion, the flint is a rich mid to dark brown colour and is a sub-drop shape. The dorsal surface is covered with cortex. 54.04mm l x 28.46mm w x 10.27mm t and weighs 12.46g. B 1 Secondary flake, flint, opaque light brown colour; cortex remains along one vertical long edge. 44.61mm l x 21.99mm w x 4.7mm t and weighed 4.69g. C 1 Tertiary flake, flint, mid grey, mottled. sub-oval but no retouch, therefore not a scraper; 30.87mm l x 30.29mm w x 10.38mm and weighs 9.95g. D 1 Tertiary flake, flint,opaque light brown colour; 26.95mm l x 119.58mm w x 4.47mm and weighs 2g. A 2 Tertiary flake, flint, mottled grey colour; 34.34mm l x 23.55mm w x 7.9mm and weighs 5.12g. B 2 Tertiary flake, flint, mottled grey colour; 39.35mm l x 28.98mm w x 6.87mm and weighs 8.34g. C 2 Tertiary flake, flint, opaque mid brown colour; 20.93mm l x 26.41mm w x 6.03mm and weighs 2.73g. D 2 Tertiary flake, flint with a prominent bulb of percussion, the flint is a mottled dark grey and mid grey colour. 70.12mm l x 40.66mm w x 9.78mm t and weighs 31.25g.

OXON-B86C72: DEBITAGE
Knapped flint tertiary debitage: The flake is knapped from a dark grey coloured flint. The dorsal surface has multiple small slender scars which are mainly vertical, but some are obliquely angled. The ventral surface is smooth and has slight ripples, the bulb of percussion is missing. The flake weighs 3.38g and measures 30.49mm long, 21.24mm wide, and 5.15mm thick. The flake is prehistoric, probably dating to the Mesolithic to Neolithic period (-8300 to -2100) when considering the size of the scars on the dorsal surface.

OXON-B7E8E1: DEBITAGE
Neolithic to early Bronze Age (4000 - 1000BC) debitage in the form of .... Column Row Description A 1 Secondary flake, flint with a prominent bulb of percussion, the flint is a mottled dark grey and mid grey colour and sub-oval. 32.03mm l x 36.35mm w x 11.95mm t and weighs 14.79g. B 1 Secondary flake, flint, mottled mid grey colour; elongated triangle, trapezoidal in section, edges look to be chipped rather than re-touched. 46.53mm l x 21.07mm w x 9.86mm t and weighed 9.49g. C 1 Secondary flake, flint,opaque dark grey-brown colour, a trace of cortex; 31.81mm l x 21.22mm w x 6mm and weighs 3.68g. A 2 Secondary flake, flint,opaque dark grey-brown colour, a trace of cortex; 28.51mm l x 15.64mm w x 5.28mm and weighs 2.27g. B 2 Tertiary flake, flint,opaque light brown colour; 24.04mm l x 14.62mm w x 3.51mm and weighs 1.23g. C 2 Primary flake, flint,opaque mid brown colour; cortex covers the dorsal surface; 38.89mm l x 30.09mm w x 5.93mm and weighs 6.47g.

OXON-B6FE48: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Neolithic to early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 1000 BC) scraper: The scraper is knapped from a secondary flake which is a sub-oval. The dorsal surface has multiple re-touch scars which are short, semi-abrupt, and scaled, occurring on c. 80% of the edge. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion, and deep conchoidal ripples. The scraper is knapped from flint which is a speckled light grey and mid brown-grey colour. It measures 41.57mm long from the proximal to distal end, 34.53mm wide, 8.86mm thick at the retouch and weighing 14.06g. The scraper is a rounded scraper and dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 4000 to 1000 BC.

BH-541CC6: SCRAPER (TOOL)
An incomplete piece of flint, possibly from a scraper tool dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The implement is sub-rectangular in shape and triangular in plan and and plano-convex in cross-section. It is rounded at one end and squared at the other. Tertiary flake of semi-translucent light grey coloured flint with mid bulb of percussion. Dorsal face has long, scaled, low angled retouching on one side and short, scaled, abrupt mesal retouching on the other. The flint measures 34.2mm long, 19.5mm wide, 5.7mm thick and weighs 4.09 grams.

BH-536CE6: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint lithic implement, combining a scraper and a saw, dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and broadly plano-convex in cross-section. Secondary blade of translucent dark grey coloured flint with small portion of yellowish-brown cortex at tip. High bulb of percussion on ventral face. Retouched both ends (short, scaled, abrupt). One mesal edge with denticulate retouch to form saw teeth. The flint measures 30.2mm long, 19.9mm wide, 5.9mm thick and weighs 3.10 grams.

BH-5342D3: BLADE
A flint blade dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The blade is sub-leaf shape in plan and plano-convex in cross-section. Tertiary blade of translucent light brown-grey coloured flint. Low bulb of percussion on ventral face. Evidence of short, scaled, abrupt retouching on both edges of ventral surface. The flint measures 23.8mm long, 15.3mm wide, 2.5mm thick and weighs 0.91 grams.

BH-53CA67: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint scraper tool probably dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The scraper is sub-triangular in plan and and plano-convex in cross-section. Tertiary blade of good quality translucent dark brown coloured flint. High bulb of percussion on ventral face. Dorsal face has long, scaled, low angled retouching and short, scaled, abrupt mesal retouching on both edges. The flint measures 48.2mm long, 25.8mm wide, 6.6mm thick and weighs 7.78 grams.

BH-53920F: BLADE
A flint blade dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The blade is sub-trianular in plan and and plano-convex in cross-section. Secondary blade of translucent light grey coloured flint with yellowish-white cortext across the striking platform but no visible bulb of percussion due to a probable transverse break. Invasive scaled abrupt retouching of the dorsal face with possible mesal retouching at tip. The flint measures 32mm long, 16.6mm wide, 5.3mm tick and weighs 2.25 grams.

BH-532C81: BLADE
A flint blade dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC-1800 BC. The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in cross-section. Tertiary blade of translucent light grey coloured flint. Low bulb of percussion on ventral face. Some evidence of short, scaled, abrupt measl retouching on both edges of dorsal face. The flint measures 35.8mm long, 13.5mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 1.69 grams.

BH-ED1CC7: CHISEL
A complete flint implement, probably a chisel, dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The object comprises a narrow, elongated, blade with a blunt butt at one end and a rounded cutting blade at the other. The majority of the body is pointed-oval in cross-section, becoming oval in cross-section at the butt end. There is invasive scaled, covering, low angled retouching on both surfaces and possibly some polishing of the edges, especially on the rounded tip. The flint’s patination is light to dark grey in colour and there are small traces of iron discolouration on both surfaces. The object measures 105mm long, 23mm wide, 15mm thick and weighs 54.31 grams.

OXON-ED8F31: BORER
A probable Neolithic knapped and retouched borer dating to c. 4000 - 2100 BC. The borer is made from a tertiary flint flake which does not retains any cortex although one surface is differently patinated than the others, being a mottled white colour. The flint is brown-orange in colour with occasional irregular off-white inclusions on both surfaces. The borer is an irregular shape with a pointed proximal end. The sides extending from the proximal tip have short, stepped, semi-abrupt retouch on the long edges of the dorsal surface. There is also at least three earlier flake removals from this surface struck in the same direction as the flake. The borer is 65.1mm long, 23.0mm wide, 16.0mm thick and weighs 22.21 grams. The flint does appear to be worked due to the presence of retouch along its long edges. That these narrow to a point suggests the tool is a borer. A Neolithic date is suggested due to the evidence of earlier flake removals which are of the suitable size for blade production.

OXON-EDEB2A: DEBITAGE
One flake of flint debitage of neolithic date (c. 4000 BC - 2400 BC). The piece is a secondary piece of flint retaining a thin grey mottled cortex on its dorsal surface. The flint is a dark brown-grey colour with one white-grey patch on its ventral surface. It has a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-triangular in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at least three earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface while the reverse has none. At the proximal end of the ventral surface a medium bulb of percussion and shallow ripples are visible.The striking platform also survives. The flake is 29.0mm long, 22.5mm wide, 7.2mm thick and weighs 4.41 grams The flint is undiagnostic in appearance but has been found near another flint dated to the neolithic.

OXON-EE21D3: DEBITAGE
One flake of flint debitage of Neolithic date (c. 4000 BC - 2400 BC). The piece is a secondary piece of flint retaining a thin brown mottled cortex on its dorsal surface. The flint is a mottled white colour with some white-grey patches on both surfaces. It has a matte patina. The flake is sub-triangular in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at least three earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface. At the proximal end of the ventral surface a shallow bulb of percussion is visible with no ripples.The striking platform is visible. The flake is 85.8mm long, 45.6mm wide, 17.2mm thick and weighs 50.84 grams The flint is undiagnostic in appearance but has been found near another flint dated to the neolithic.

PUBLIC-9DBF98: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Four flint thumbnail scrapers. Early Bronze Age. Some modern damage consistent with fieldwalked finds.

BERK-F50486: PICK
A Neolithic flint possible pick fragment.

NMS-81E723: BLADE
Distal end of a tertiary blade, semi-soft hammer struck from a single platform core, of unpatinated semi-translucent grey flint, the proximal end is broken by a transverse bending fracture, it is unclear if this is intentional or damage from heavy farm machinery. Both lateral edges are sharp and lack any obvious use-wear, the distal end terminates in a hinge. Likely to be later prehistoric rather than Mesolithic. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4,000 to 700 BC.

BERK-75FE03: BLADE
A small flint bladelet, probably Mesolithic or Neolithic, but general prehistory in date.

BERK-DBA436: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic (4000 - 2350BC) flint scraper, 47.6mm in length, struck from a light grey tertiary flint flake. The flake has a clear bulb of percussion on the ventral surface with clear ripple marks. The striking platform is concave. The dorsal surface has a large flake removal scar. There is short, abrupt and scaled retouch evident around the edges.

PUBLIC-031A49: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete late Neolithic oblique (British oblique) flint arrowhead. The arrowhead comprises the main body having lost one long edge and the tip due to resent breaks. It has been knapped from a pale mid grey coloured flake or tertiary flint which has a milky white surface patina. It is broadly triangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. the extant long edge is thickened and rod like descending to form the tang whilst the opposing edge and the tip tapers and is lost. Both the ventral and dorsal faces are reworked. The retouch applied to the tang and long edge is best described as scaled, short and semi-abrupt. Similar flint oblique arrowheads are associated with Grooved pottery of the later Neolithic 3000 - 2100 BC (Butler 2005: 158-160 after Green: 1980). The fragment measures 32.8mm in length, 14.5mm maximum width, is 4.6mm thick and weighs 2.07 grams.

OXON-21E1B9: DEBITAGE
One flake of flint debitage of prehistoric date (c. 4000 BC - AD 43). The piece is a secondary piece of flint retaining a thin chalky white pebble cortex on its dorsal surface. The flint is mostly a mixed and mottled medium grey colour with large off white and darke grey patches. it also has occasional orange iron staining. It has a semi-glossy patina. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at least two earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface while the reverse has none. At the proximal end of the ventral surface a medium bulb of percussion and an eraillure scar are visible.The striking platform also survives. The flake is 38mm long, c.18mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 5.7 grams A single flake of debitage is hard to date in isolation. This having only two undiagnostic earlier removal scars could feasibly date from the Neolithic through to the Iron Age.

BH-799ADD: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A lithic implement comprised of an opaque mixed grey flintblade with surviving cortex on the reverse, probably dating from the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age. Low bulb of percussion with scaled low angle retouching along both sides forming cutting edges. The end of the blade also has short, scaled retouching. It measures 31.8mm long, 10.6mm wide, 3.2mm thick and weighs 1.41 grams.

OXON-7B8F6B: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A single flint scraper of possible Bronze Age date c. 2400-800 BC. The scraper is worked from a tertiary flake of medium brown grey flint whose surfaces has a white patch and occasional white inclusions. It has a glossy patina.The flake is an irregular pentagon in shape with a flat striking platform, one long straight side (on the left as seen from the dorsal side) and three more irregular angled edges. One of these angled edges has short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch along its length up to a break in the edge on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface also has five earlier negative flake removal scars. Four are struck from 10 o'clock if viewing the dorsal surface struck in same direction as the scraper while the last may have been struck from the same direction as this flake. The dorsal surface retains a medium sized but clear bulb of percussion from which clear conchoidal ripples emanate. The scraper is 30.6mm long, 30.0mm wide, 5.6mm thick and weighs 4.56 grams. Scraper are used throughout prehistory. This example shows multi-directional working which may indicate it is Bronze Age in date however it has also been found close to debitage more characteristic of Mesolithic and Neolithic assemblage (OXON-7B5F86) such that an earlier date should not be excluded.

OXON-7B5F86: DEBITAGE
A group of four pieces of flint debitage of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic in date (c. 8000- 2400 BC). Two pieces are secondary flakes and the other two are tertiary flakes. One of the secondary flakes is a medium brown-grey flint with frequent grey patch inclusions (c.5.7mm) that has most of its ventral surface covered in a thin brown cortex. The remaining three flakes have a creamy white patina with occasional grey mottling. The three white flakes show linear narrow blade removals from their dorsal face, all struck in the same direction as the flakes themselves. Two flakes retain their bulb of percussion which is medium sized with only faint ripples appearing on the dorsal surfaces of the flakes suggesting the use of a soft hammer. The assemblage weighs 55.14 grams Three pieces of flint show evidence of blade production that could date from either the Mesolithic or Neolithic, the width being more indicative of a Neolithic date. They have been found near one other possibly retouched debitage fragment turned into a scraper (OXON-7B8F6B).

OXON-E3257B: END SCRAPER
A very fine example of a complete Neolithic endscraper dating to c. 4000-2400 BC. The end scraper is made from a secondary flake of flint. with c.40% of its dorsal surface retraining a thin light orange pebble cortex. The rest of the flake is a mottled grey white colour with darker grey inclusions and patches. This has a glossy patina. The scraper is sub-triangular in plan. It has two long angular edged extending from the one point, the striking platform of the flake, extending to the distal end of the flake which is flat. The scraper is trapezoidal in cross section with a wider ventral surface. The dorsal surface of the flake at least four earlier negative flake removal scars, all struck in the same direction as the flake. Its distal end has medium length, semi-abrupt, parallel retouch across its length. This extends slightly onto the right edge of the scraper (as seen from the dorsal surface) where the flint is a dark brown colour. No retouch exists on the ventral surface although a shallow bulb of percussion survives from which emanates shallow conchoidal ripples. The scraper is 55.6mm long, 24.3mm wide, 6.5mm thick and weighs 9.28 grams. Scrapers have a long duration of use. However endscrapers are suggested by the PAS lithic recording protocol to be typically Neolihtic in date (c.4000-2400 cal BC). This date is further supported by the linear flake removal scars indicating blade manufacture technology and the fine quality of this artefact, which look cruder in the Bronze and Iron Age.

GLO-2BA994: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Neolithic scraper on a tertiary flake. This has an off-centre arise on the dorsal and a large bulb of percussion on the ventral. The forward edge has semi-abrupt, direct retouch that creates a curved leading edge. This is a grey flint with darker and lighter patches.

BERK-BAFA9A: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A lithic rounded scraper possibly dating to the Later Neolithic period (3300-2200 B.C.). The scraper is plano-convex in shape with cortex present on the majority of the dorsal face. The ventral face is worked with invasive semi-abrupt retouch. The sides have stepped semi-abrupt retouch. The scraper has a white opaque patina. The scraper is 94.7mm in length, 74.8mm in width, 25.9mm in thickness.

BH-BF20EE: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead. The survivng arrowhead is broadly leaf-shaped and lonzengeform in profile. The flint has a mid-grey semi-translucent in colour, with a survivng piece of off-white coloured cortext on the dorsal surface. The tip has oblique truncations on both sides and the base is thinned for hafting. The arrowhead measures 23.8mm long, 14.1mm wide, a maximum of 4mm thick and weighs 1.11 grams.

OXON-D23516: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete flint thumbnail scraper of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, c. 2400 BC - 2200 BC. The scraper has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint, lighter at the edges where the flint is thinner. The scraper retains the platform and bulb of percussion. There is invasive retouching around both lateral edges and the distal surface, all of which is restricted to the dorsal side.

OXON-DA1073: ARROWHEAD
A complete flint tanged and barbed arrowhead dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-1800 BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of a orange brown flint and displays retouch over both dorsal and ventral sides and over the tang and barbs, which are complete. Overall the arrowhead is in very good condition.

OXON-CED47C: ARROWHEAD
A near-complete early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, dating to the period c. 2200 - 1500 BC. The arrowhead has been made from a tertiary flake of light grey-blue flint now patinated to a cream colour with orange/brown iron staining. The tang and both barbs survive and retouch is evident of both the distal and dorsal surfaces. There is an area of damage to one side of the arrowhead, possibly caused through contact with another stone/ rock in the watery environment in which it was found.

BH-F29E1C: CORE
A flint blade core of probable Mesolithic date. This would appear to be a single-platform core, with the removal scars extending vertically downwards from the damaged platform. The surface is a recorticated white, with occasional iron staining. Measurements: 31.6mm high, 31mm wide, 25.4mm deep, 28.03g.

BH-F2BAE1: CORE
A single-platform flint blade core of probable Mesolithic date. The blade removal scars extend vertically downwards from the sub-oval platform, terminating at the rounded bottom end. The surface is a recorticated mottled blueish-white. Measurements: 17mm high, 20mm wide, 13.7mm deep, 5.36g.

BH-F2CA54: DEBITAGE
An assemblage of seven flint blades of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The largest blade, which measures 59mm long and 12.5mm wide, retains some cortex, whereas the remaining six are tertiary blades. All of the blades have partially recorticated surfaces, mostly of a blueish-white hue. There is no evidence of any retouch. Total weight of assemblage: 17.67g.

BH-F2FC2E: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead has been made from a tertiary flake and is sub-triangular in plan, having a central tang but retaining just one of its original two barbs.The tip also appears to have been broken and there is an area of damage one third of the way up one side. The piece is bifacially worked, the retouch being covering, scaled and low angle. The flint is a recorticated light grey to white, with a mottled blue surface in places. Measurements: 25.4mm long,16.7mm wide, 3.6mm thick, 1.15g.

BH-9C4019: FLAKE
A possible prehistoric worked flint flake dating from the Mesolithic to Neolithic period (c. 7000-2351 BC). The object is sub-rectangular in form and triangular in cross section with a prominent bulb of percussion and stepped re-touch along the short edge. The flake meaures 28.7mm in length, a maximum of 15.1mm wide and 3mm thick, and weighs 1.36 grams.

BH-C495E4: AXEHEAD
An incomplete flint axehead, possibly part of an unfinished roughout dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2400 BC). The surviving piece is probably part of a broken blade end that is roughly oval in shape with a squared-off edge at the break. Most of the butt end appears to be missing. The surviving blade end is roughly lentoidal in cross-section with a convex curved blade that tapers roughly evenly in width to the blade edge. Neither the blade, edges nor surfaces have any evidence of polishing though there are several patches of cortex, especially towards the broken edge. The flint is mottled grey in colour with several patches of iron staining on the surfaces across its higher points. There are areas of chipped damage on the long edges and no obvious patination direction on the surfaces. The flint measures 61.9mm in length, is a maximum of 47mm wide and 14mm thick at the broken end. It weighs 56.04 grams.

OXON-3027C2: KNIFE
A complete flint knife of Neolithic date. The knife has been made on a secondary flake of a mottled brown flint, retaining cortex over maybe a quarter of the dorsal surface. It is broadly triangular in plan with a low trapezoidal section. The knife retains the prominent bulb and part of the platform. The flake on which the knife is made is slightly curved. Invasive, overlapping soft-hammer retouch extends the entire length of the left dorsal edge while the opposing right edge has a small area of retouch around the tip but is otherwise un-retouched. Some use and / or post-depositional damage is evident.

BERK-DD4484: AXEHEAD
A complete ground or polished stone axehead of Neolithic date, c. 4000-2500 BC made from an igneous greenstone. The axe is in very good condition and is complete apart from a post-depositional damage of a large flake removal on one face, some crushing of the cutting edge and a small chip broken from the narrow end. The axe has a smooth ground surfaces with both edges heavily ground to a rounded profile.

BERK-397826: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Prehistoric flint blade core

BERK-034974: DEBITAGE
Neolithic or Bronze Age Debitage: an unretouched flake, general prehistoric date but probably Neolithic - Bronze Age, dating to the period circa 3000 - 1800 BC

BERK-B9D9F8: BLADE
A Neolithic flint blade, ventral surface bulb, ripples. Dorsal 3 vertical scars, micro denticulates along lateral edge. The reverse has a broken upper edge of light brown flint, the remainder has a mottled patina. No photograph

BERK-BA1EFB: BLADE
A Neolithic flint blade with a white patina and grey core. It bears marks of recent truncation. The surviving section is the proximal end, with the reamins of the bulb visible. Previous flake scars are evident on the dorsal side. Finder unknown.

BERK-486E1E: ARROWHEAD
A complet early Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, dating to 4000 - 2700 BC. Manufactured on tertiary flake with pressure flaking on edges, long incisive removals but not covering all of faces.

BERK-48E02F: BLADE
A Neolithic flint blade, worked hollow on one side, a translucent light brown flint. No photograph

BERK-86B805: DEBITAGE
A later prehistoric (Neolithic/Bronze Age) tertiary flake, proximal end broken away; some modern edge damage. No retouch. Suggested date c. 3500-800 BC.

BERK-C67EC8: DEBITAGE
An assemblage of 13 pieces of flint debitage, comprising untouched flakes and blades, and dating from the Mesolithic to Neolithic periods. Found in a bag of flints. No other details and no photograph.

GLO-FBC096: CORE
Core rejuvenation flake that has three long thin blade removal scars on the front and right face, each has a negative bulb of percussion at its top edge where there is a prepared platform at the top. The left side retains its cortex. On the reverse is a single large concave flaking scar. The flint is covered in a patchy creamy speckled grey patina with dark brown flint in the areas that have been chipped (natural damage). This is a core rejuvenation flake from the top of a Late Mesolithic blade core.

GLO-FBF83E: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Neolithic scraper on a secondary flake. This has a slightly concave dorsal and a large bulb of percussion on the ventral. The forward edge and left side has abrupt, direct retouch that creates a curved leading edge and side. the right side retains its cortex. This flint is covered in an off white patina with occasional small grey patches.

GLO-FC14B4: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age circular thumbnail scraper, this has a cortext covering the dorsal and two distinct flaking scars on the ventral but no bulb-of-percussion a large bulb of percussion. Running down one side are direct, abrupt, scaled retouch creating a slightly curved working edge. Creamy patina with grey patches covers the flint.

BERK-5A4797: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete late Neolithic to early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, dating to the period c. 2200 - 1500 BC. One barb missing through a recent break.

BERK-A6B6FA: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A large flint scraper, probably from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze age c. 3300 - 2000 BC. The lithic has a 'D' shaped, cross section and is a broadly, a rounded triangle in plan. The ventral surface has a distinct bulb of percussion beneath the striking platform, to the proximal end. The dorsal surface has significant negative scaring and subsequent arrises. One worked edge has a semi denticulate retouch with the opposite edge being smoother in form. There is an element of bifacial retouch to one quarter. The flint has a deep grey/brown colour with several lighter inclusions over the whole surface.

BERK-A6C795: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A small Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead c. 4000 -2350 BC. The lithic has invasive flaking scars over both dorsal and ventral surface with low-angled, bifacial retouch along the edges. The arrowhead has a rounded proximal end and a slightly 'blunted' point to the distal end. The material is of a pale cream flint with numerous tiny, lighter inclusions.

BERK-582F9D: ARROWHEAD
An early Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead with a slight tang. The arrowhead is formed from a piece of mottled blue/ grey flint which has a heavily calcified outer surface, suggesting a chalk downland source. The arrowhead has been extensively retouched on both ventral and dorsal surfaces.

BH-382E86: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint flake or possible blade, probably dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2200 BC). The object is composed of a light grey flint that is sub-triangular in plan with a pointed tip at one end and a broken square edge at the other. A raised central ridge runs the length of the dorsal surface from tip to base from which the faces slant downwards either side towards the bladed edges. The edges are slightly rounded and may have been retouched. The ventral surface is curved and smooth. The flint measures 41mm in length, a maximum of 18mm in width and a maximum of 6mm in thickness. It weighs 4.39 grams.

DUR-306F34: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A knapped flint scraper of probable Bronze Age date (c.2350-800 BC). The flint is dark grey but is completely re-corticated with a dense white patination. The dorsal surface exhibits multiple negative flake scars from previous removals from several different directions indicating a multi-platform core. The bulb of percussion on the ventral face has been almost removed and there are strong percussion ripples. There is also evidence of later plough damage resulting in sharp cuts and grooves. The retouch is relatively crude, sporadic and uneven which potentially identifies this as a later tool. Large flakes have also been removed from the ventral surface leaving several removal scars. On both faces, retouch is invasive but consists of the removal of large flakes rather than fine shaping. This retouch is scaled and semi-abrupt, with the greatest number of flakes removed from around the periphery of the ventral surface. The object has a diameter of 35.0mm, thickness 10.7mm and weighs 12.6g. Similar objects discovered at the same rally can be found at: BERK-46331F, BERK-C68E4D , BERK-C515AC Earlier, more finely retouched examples can be seen at: NMS-D02D28, BERK-D90D13

BERK-420C16: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scraper broadly horseshoe shaped in plan. There are patches of cortex at the the distal and proximal ends and the bulb has been removed. There is crudely applied retouch at the distal end forming the scraping edge. No photograph

BERK-8C8F20: BLADE
Blade, possibly dating to the Mesolithic period.

BERK-8D0B16: SCRAPER (TOOL)
One small scraper and four small flakes, dating to the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age.

BERK-C6617E: CORE
A Mesolithic bladelet flint core found in a bag of flints collected by the finder.

BERK-C68E4D: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic flint thumbnail scraper, found in a bag of flints.

BERK-C69DC5: BLADE
4 X Mesolithic flint bladelets, found in bag of flints. No further details

BERK-46331F: SCRAPER (TOOL)
An incomplete Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scraper, proximal end broken away. Semi-abrupt directly applied retouch forming convex working edge.

BERK-C0B96A: BLADE
A fragment of a flint blade dating to the period of Mesolithic to Neolithic. It is broken at both ends, is elongated triangular in section and is of dark grey flint.

BH-F2D2AB: CORE
A probable flint core rejuvination flake of Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The flake appears to have been struck at 90 degrees to the blade core. It has a heavily recorticated, white surface. Length: 38.4mm; width:16.6mm; weight: 3.85g.

OXON-91FBBE: FLAKE
A complete flint retouched flake of Mesolithic to Neolithic date (10,000 - 2,400 BC). The flake has been made from a secondary mottled dark grey flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are absent. There are three previous thin bladelet removals on the dorsal surface, and right lateral edge shows some soft-hammer retouching. There is also modern damage evident and the patina suggests the flake has been on the surface and exposed to the elements for some time.

OXON-9233CC: DEBITAGE
A damaged flint bladelet of later prehistoric date (Mesolithic to Neolithic date, c.10,000 - 2,400 BC). The flake has been made from a secondary striking of a mottled light grey flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are absent and there is a small hinge fracture to the distal end. A previous bladelet removal is visible on the dorsal side. There is modern damage to both laterals.

BERK-021E5B: DEBITAGE
A General prehistoric piece of flint debitage comprising a long blade-like flake with hinge fracture at base, damage to proximal end. A tiny bit of platform survives.

BERK-02F2BC: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic to Bronze Age flint large side scraper with modern damage. Retouch on distal lateral, cortex remaining, quite crude. Dates to probably late Neolithic to Bronze Age to the period 2500 to 1800 BC.

BERK-16DF62: FLAKE
A Neolithic to Bronze Age short and stubby testing flake, single dorsal arrise, hard hammer removal, probably late prehistoric

BERK-172071: DEBITAGE
A piece of flint debitage, bladelet-like flake with no retouch. Probably dating to Mesolithic to Neolithic periods.

OXON-921209: DEBITAGE
A complete flint flake of later prehistoric date (probably Mesolithic to Neolithic date, c.10,000 - 2,400 BC). The flake has been made from a secondary flake of a mottled brown flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are present. There may be a previous bladelet flake removal on the dorsal side however there is also modern damage. The patina suggests the flake has been on the surface and exposed to the elements for some time.

OXON-9221A3: DEBITAGE
A damaged flint flake of later prehistoric date (probably Mesolithic to Neolithic date, c.10,000 - 2,400 BC). The flake has been made from a tertiary striking of a mottled light grey flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are present. The flake has a hinge fracture on the right edge, and there is weathering and modern damage over all surfaces. The patina suggests the flake has been on the surface and exposed to the elements for some time.

OXON-D2AFC8: DEBITAGE
A flint waste flake (debitage) from tool production of probable Mesolithic or Neolithic date (c. 10,000-2,400 BC). The flake has been struck from a mottled light to dark grey flint. The flake retains the platform and the bulb and previous flake scars are visible on the dorsal surface. There is modern damage to all edges.

OXON-7F3AD7: BLADE
A flint piercer made on a bladelet dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic period (c. 20,000-4,000 BC). The piercer has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled orange-brown flint. The bulb is retained as is the small fragment of the platform. There are two flake scars on the dorsal surface. The lower half of the left hand edge of the dorsal side has been worked with soft hammer precussion, becoming more invasive towards the tip of the piercer, which has detatched, possibly during production but potentially after deposition.

OXON-7EEABA: BLADE
A flint bladelet made of a tertiary flake of mottled orange-brown flint, dating to the Mesolithic period (c. 10,000-4,000 BC). The baldelet is broadly planoconvex with a narrowed distal end. The bulb is retained however the platform at the proximal end is damaged. Numerous thin flake scars (microlith production) are visible over the dorsal surface. There is edge damage to the left hand dorsal side. There is some modern damage to the ventral surface.

OXON-7EBEF1: DEBITAGE
A secondary flint flake formed from a mottled brown flint. Hard hammer production, part of the platform is retained and there has been an attempt to remove the bulb, but the flake was then discarded. There is modern damage on the dorsal surface. Undatable (prehistoric).

OXON-7E9CB6: DEBITAGE
A flint flake formed from a mottled, semi translucent brown flint. There is extensive modern damage on the ventral surface. Undatable (prehistoric).

OXON-7E5D6B: SIDE SCRAPER
A flint side scraper on a thick flake of uncertain date - potentially the flake could be Palaeolithic but equally it could be later prehistoric. The secondary flake has been hard-hammer struck from a mottled orange-brown flint. There are additional ancient removals / edge damage on the right hand edge of the ventral surface, but there is also modern damage on the same edge.

OXON-7E2287: DEBITAGE
A plunging flake of probable Neolithic date, c. 4,000 - 2200 BC. The tertiary flake has been hard-hammer struck from a mottled grey-brown flint core. Ancient flakes scars are evident on one edge but there is also modern damage, possibly modern knapping, to the opposing edge.

OXON-7D1411: DEBITAGE
A damaged plunging flake of probable Mesolithic date, c. 10,000 - 4,000 BC. The secondary flake has been hard-hammer struck from a mottled orange-brown flint core. There is a seam of quartz visible. Ancient flakes scars are evident on the dorsal surface but there is also modern damage to all surfaces. The flake has a wide central section that tapers towards either end while the dorsal side has a stepped profile.

OXON-7CC6AE: DEBITAGE
A complete plunging flake of Mesolithic date, c. 10,000 - 4,000 BC. The tertiary flake has been hard-hammer struck from a mottled orange-brown flint. There is some possible soft-hammer percussion on the right of the proximal end. Flakes scars are evident on the dorsal surface. The flake has a wide central section that tapers towards either end.

OXON-7C4F41: BLADE
A complete flint bladelet with a rubbed end dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic period, c. 40,000 - 7,000 BC. The bladelet has been made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. Part of the platform has been retained and this also appears to have been rubbed, as has the distal end. There are thin flake scars over the dorsal surface. There is possible ancient reutilisation damage on the left hand edge.

OXON-B14214: CRESTED BLADE
A flint crested bladelet of probable Mesolithic date (c. 10,000-4000 BC). The bladelet has been made on a tertiary flake with the flint being a mottled light to dark brown colour. Part of the platform is retained as is the low bulb. Three or four long flake scars are present on the dorsal surface, with a small area of cresting towards the distal end. There is possibly a small area of retouch on one edge close to the proximal end. There are two small areas of modern damage.

OXON-B15B70: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic date, although potentially late Mesolithic. The scraper has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled dark grey flint. The proximal end and three-quarters of the left side has been invasively retouched, removing any trace of the platform and bulb. The distal end ventral side has a hinge fracture. Suggested date c. 6000-2500 BC.

OXON-B17707: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A collection of three (3) flint scrapers of probable Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500-1600 BC). The scrapers are all broadly circular in plane with invasive,scaled yet expedient retouching between around 50%-90% of the edges. All three scrapers retain cortex; two are primary flakes with the third being secondary. Retouching has occured through the cortex in two examples. The flints vary in colour; light-dark grey; mottles yellow and grey; dark reddish brown.

OXON-B18F30: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A modern (c. AD 1800-2010) flint scraper made on an ancient flake of uncertain prehistoric date. The scraper is broadly circular in plan with part of the platform and the buld retained. There is some re-cortication, through which the modern retouching is cut. The modern retouching is at the proximal tip and around the distal edge. It is possible that a farm worker (for example) may have created and used this scraper in Victorian (or even more modern) times. The Victorians also used to practice flint knapping; this example is of the incorrect shape to be a gun flint so was probably formed for another unknown purpose.

OXON-B1B1EA: CORE
A broken fragment of a flint core of undetermined prehistoric date (Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age, c. 10,000-1600 BC). The flint is a dark grey colour with brown mottling throughout. A small section of cortex remains. A small number of removals are evident; the fragment appears to have broken laterally. The fragment is amorphous and has modern damage.

OXON-B1DAEE: KNIFE
A complete partially crested knife of later Neolithic date (c. 3000-2500 BC). The knife is made on a secondary flake of a pale yellow and grey flint. The knife is triangular in section with an uneven dorsal crest and flat ventral side. Multi-directional hard hammer retouching is present around nearly all of the dorsal surface. A tiny section of the platform has been retained but the bulb has been removed by one or possibly two hard blows to the ventral proximal end.

OXON-B22E78: POLISHED AXEHEAD
A fragment of a broken polished axehead dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500 BC). The flint is dark brown-orange in colour. The fragment represents a section of the left side of the near-distal end of an axehead, displaying a slight side-facet and polishing to the dorsal and ventral surfaces. Modern damage is evident towards the distal end, with possibly some modern retouching to one section of the ventral edge.

OXON-B24C3D: BLADE
A fragment of a broken blade of uncertain prehistoric date (Late (Upper) Palaeolithic to Neolithic, c. 40,000-2,500 BC). The blade is made on a mottled dark orange-brown flint. It is broadly triangular in profile although it is more flat at the proximal end. There are three broad removals on the dorsal surface, with some modern damage / edging. The blade is broken towards the distal end.

OXON-B26565: END SCRAPER
A flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic date (c. 4000-2500 BC). The scraper has been made on a tertiary crested blade of a mottled grey to orange brown flint. The distal end has soft-hammer retouch to the dorsal side, with some more haphazard reoutching (potentially of later date) to the left hand dorsal edge. There is also some modern damage evident.

OXON-B278B7: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint crested bladelet or crested flake of probable Mesolithic date (c. 10,000-4000 BC). The bladelet has been made on a secondary flake of a grey-brown, semi-translucent flint. Some cresting is visible on the dorsal side. The bulb is retained although incomplete, probably as a result of modern damage.

OXON-B29187: END SCRAPER
A flint end-scraper made on a thick flake of a brown-orange flint. The scraper is sub-square in plan and broadly rectangular in profile, although the large bulb is retained on the reverse. There has been some recortication of the scraper, with this extending over the hard hammer retouching on the right side of the distal end. There are more modern removals (cutting through the patina of the recortication) to the left hand edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).

BERK-61FDF1: FLAKE
A flint plunging flake from a small bladelet core, probably Mesolithic.

BERK-713A80: POLISHED AXEHEAD
A complete flint? polished axehead dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500 BC). The axe is in very good condition and is of high quality. The stone is a mottled light grey and mid brown colour. The axe has side facets and a thin butt. It has been polished all over and the cutting edge has been resharpened and re-polished in antiquity after being damaged. An area of damage on one side was caused by the finder hitting it with a pickaxe when it was discovered some c. 60 years ago. This is a very nice example of a Neolithic polished axe.

BERK-27574F: LEAF ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead of early Neolithic date (c. 4000-3000 BC). The arrowhead has been made on a mottled grey-brown flint, with extensive pressure flaking evident on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. The very tip of the arrowhead is missing and there is some modern damage, while the arrowhead has also suffered from weather damage.

BERK-58818A: ARROWHEAD
A near complete late Neolithic / early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, in appearance it is opaque mottled grey flint with prominent spine ridges. 2200-1500 BC.

BERK-491041: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete late Neolithic to early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, dating to the period c. 2200 - 1500 BC. One tang missing. No photograph

BERK-C0CBFA: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete Neolithic to Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, dating to the period c. 2200 - 1500 BC. The tip has been broken off. It is made from translucent brown flint.

BERK-5E9078: ARROWHEAD
A Bronze Age flint arrowhead, barbed and tanged, the tip and one of the barbs broken off and missing. Both sides are pressure flaked covering retouch, removes all original flake surface.

BERK-6C1C10: ARROWHEAD
An early Neolithic flint ogival leaf-shaped arrowhead. The arrow-head has the characteristic S-shaped profile. Both surfaces have been invasively retouched. There is some modern damage to the edges resulting in loss of material. Circa 4000-3000 BC. The flint is grey brown with an opaque patina forming on one surface. Dimensions: Length 29.95mm; width 16.0mm; weight 4.2g

BERK-8CD556: LEAF ARROWHEAD
An early Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead, dating from c. 4000-3000 BC. The flint has been worked bifacially with pressure flaking across both dorsal and ventral surfaces.

BERK-C5023A: FLAKE
A collection of non-worked flint flakes dating from Mesolithic to Neolithic periods. No sizes or scale recorded. Most have various patination, 2 are unpatinated.

BERK-C515AC: FLAKE
4 X struck flint flakes, not measured and 1 X rounded scraper, measurements shown below. All have white patination and date to the Neolithic period. No photograph

BERK-C797E4: ARROWHEAD
A Neolithic to Bronze Age Barbed and tanged complete flint arrowhead, dating to the period c. 2500 - 1500 BC. There is some damage (or deliberate notching?) to outer edge of the barbs. Barbs abd tang squared off, covering incursive retouches on both sides.

BUC-8247D1: FLAKE
A flint flake probably dating from the late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic period, 6300 - 2400 BC. The is a white grey colour, with orange brown patches showing through from underneath where the flint has been hit. The flake is D shaped, and oval in cross section. On the ventral face there is a large bulb of percussion on the right lower edge, with the striking platform slightly on the mesal edge. The conchoidal ripple marks radiate out from this point in a diagonal line across the flake on both sides. On the dorsal face there is evidence of the removal of parallel blades. The extent of retouch is short, sub-parallel, and semi-abrupt, the retouch is sparse and irregular. The flake measures 30.5mm in length, 23.9mm in width, 5.1mm in thickness, and weighs 3.91g.

BERK-BA09F9: FLAKE
A Mesolithic to Neolithic flint flake with retouched removals on dorsal surface. No photograph and finder unknown.

BERK-B9F46D: FLAKE
An Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic flint Plunging flake, no retouching with several flake removal scars. No photograph, and finder unknown.

BERK-7EAACF: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead with one barb missing.

BERK-CEF09C: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A probable Bronze Age flint small rounded scraper, mottled grey in colour with retouch along the distal edge. Quite crude in manufacture.

WAW-4792DA: DEBITAGE
A secondary flake of light grey coloured debitage of probable Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2351 BC). The flake is sub-square in shape and lentoid in section. It has cortex remaining along the proximal edge. It measures 19.43mm in length, 20.48mm in width, 4.67mm thick and weighs 1.58grams.

BERK-7F2596: HANDAXE
A lower palaeolithic handaxe, dating from c. 476,000 - 421,000 BC. The handaxe has been made of a flint nodule that has a greyish-white outer colouring, likely to be from a chalk downlands source. Dating from the Anglian phase of the Lower Palaeolithic, c. 478,000 to 423,000 years ago, the hand axe has bifacial removals made using a hard hammer, such as another stone. Although the hand axe has some post-depositional damage and iron staining, it survives in very good condition. Based on the location of discovery this hand axe probably derived from the Caversham Channel, an ancient route of what is now the River Thames (Alison Roberts, Ashmolean Museum, pers. comm.).

BERK-EF119E: FLAKE
A Bronze Age Blade flake, opaque grey/white in colour, no retouching. It is undateable but is probably in the period from the Mesolithic to Bronze Age

SUR-7685C6: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic rounded scraper made from a tertiary flake of dark grey mottled flint.

SUR-76819A: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic rounded scraper made from a secondary or tertiary tabular flake of light grey mottled flint. The scraper has steep retouch.

SUR-767C95: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic rounded scraper made from a secondary flake of light grey mottled flint.

SUR-7677F5: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic rounded scraper made from a secondary or tertiary flake of mottled dark grey glossy flint.

SUR-767224: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic rounded scraper made from a tertiary flake of light grey mottled flint.

SUR-7669BF: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A large tertiary, light coloured Neolithic flint flake which has been worked around the edges as a possible scraper or knife.

SUR-765F7D: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Neolithic bifacially-worked core re-used as a hammer stone. The core has been made from light grey mottled flint.

BERK-2D345A: DEBITAGE
A tertiary flint flake on a mottled grey/blue flint heavily patined white. Probably Bronze Age in date.

BERK-2DAA96: DEBITAGE
A piece of flint flake, not worked, tertiary debitage possibly dating to the period of the Neolithic or Bronze Age

BERK-7C827A: AXE
A Neolithic flint axe fragment, polished, consisting of the lower part of body and cutting edge. Patina is white with greyish blue interior. Irregular truncation (unpatinated), probably quite recent; Lenticular in cross section with convex cutting edge. Dates to the period -4000 - to -2500 BC. The width at the truncation is 46.95mm and the thickness of 14.82mm was taken at the mid-point. Other measurements shown below.

BERK-97A7FD: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A later prehistoric flint flake (debitage) of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date, c. (4000 - 1200 BC). The item has a white patina, opaque cortex at distal end, no retouching.

BERK-EBCB60: AXE
A fragment of a Neolithic polished flint axe. T he polished surface is convex in profile with fragment of one edge curving down at a c.60 degree angle. Ventral surface not a modern scar because it has a white/cream patina. Striations visible on polished surface. Period dates between 2900 and 2100 BC

BERK-3E774E: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete but slightly damaged struck flint end and side scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is broadly D-shaped in pland and section and is formed on a tertiary flake of mottled light and dark grey flint; flake scars on the dorsal surface show previous removals. The platform has suffered post-depositional (weathering) damage and most of the bulb scar has been removed / is missing, however the percussion lines are retained on the ventral side. The dorsal surface bares soft-hammer retouch along c.60% of the left lateral, irregularly around the distal end and then along about 40% of the right lateral edge. The ventral face is unworked. Scrapers are commonly found within flint assemblages of later Neolithic or early Bronze Age (Beaker) date, being a multi-function cutting and scraping tool.

BERK-3E54D6: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete struck flint horseshoe scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is broad and sub-rectangular in plan and sub-oval shape in profile with a D-shaped section. The scraper is formed on a tertiary flake of dark grey flint with the nose of the scaper located at the ventral end. The platform has therefore been removed however percussion lines are evident on the ventral surface. There is also a hinge-like fracture at the distal end. The dorsal surface bares invasive, stepped, semi-abrupt retouch around the curved lateral and proximal edges; the ventral face is unworked. This type of scraper is commonly found within flint assemblages of later Neolithic or early Bronze Age (Beaker) date, being a multi-function cutting and scraping tool which were infrequently hafted.

BERK-1279F1: FLAKE
2 X flint debitage pieces, probably dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age, c. 4000 - 1800 BC. Hard hammer percussion, not retouching evident.

BERK-1632D3: ARROWHEAD
A complete Neolithic or early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrow head dating to the period c2700 - 1600 BC. The arrowhead is sub-triangular in shape with convex sides. The tang is longer than the barbs which are both complete, but one is shorter than the other. It is made on a flake and extensively retouched. This retouch is invasive on both faces. The flint is light brown to yellow, and is opaque around the edges.

BERK-6D4C77: DEBITAGE
A piece of flint debitage in the form of a blade of probable later Mesolithic to Neolithic date (c. 8000 - 3000 BC). The flake retains the bulb of percussion. The flake has suffered modern damage to its dorsal surface and edges; there may be some limited retouching along part of one lateral edge on the ventral side, however it is partly obscured by modern edge damage. The flint is a mottled grey to grey-brown in colour. Uncertain prehistoric date.

BERK-6D37D3: DEBITAGE
A piece of flint debitage in the form of a blade of probable Mesolithic to early Neolithic date (c. 8000 - 3500 BC). The flake retains c.5% cortex. The platform has been removed by modern damage however part of the bulb of percussion survives. At the distal end the flake has a hinge fracture. The dorsal surface has suffered modern damage leaving fake 'scars' on its surface. The flint is a mottled grey to grey-brown in colour. Uncertain prehistoric date.

GLO-F3EA36: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
8 lithic implements 1, Rectangular Scrapper. Rectangular in plan, each side has semi-abrupt, direct, scaled flaking scars. The artefact is very worn due to weathering. Creamy patina with light grey mottling. Date Neolithic. 2, Notch on a core rejuvenation flake. Three large flaking scars on the dorsal, there is a direct, semi-abrupt notch in the right side where it was reused at a later date. Date Bronze Age. 3, End scrapper. The forward edge has been knapped with sami-abrupt, direct flaking scars to produce a rounded terminal. creamy patina. Date Neolithic. 4, Blade. Two arises, short direct, semi-abrupt retouch down both blades. Creamy patina, date Early Neolithic. 5, Truncated blade. Two arises, slight nicks from uses down either side only the bottom section remains. Grey patina with darker patches. Date Late Mesolithic. 6, Miscellaneous retouched piece. Semi-abrupt, direct retouch on either side, the sides narrow towards the top. Light mottled creamy patina with light brown patches. Date Late Neolithic Early Bronze Age. 7, Two tertiary flakes. One has an off white patina while the other has a light brown patina. Date prehistoric. These are waste flakes from the manufacturing process.

BERK-6D210D: DEBITAGE
Two unretouched flint blades (production debitage) of later prehistoric date, probably Mesolithic or Neolithic (c. 8000-3000 BC). Both blades retain their bulbs of percussion, platform and show radiating fracture lines. Several previous removals, suggestive of bladelet / microlith production (Mesolithic), are visible as flake scars. One piece of debitage retains 33% cortex, the other is a tertiary piece.

BERK-541D14: DEBITAGE
A probable Middle to Late Bronze Age struck flake (debitage - waste flake) c. 1500 - 800 BC. It has a very crude bulb and platform retained. Cortex covers about 50% of the dorsal surface. No retouching is evident.

BERK-62EA52: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A sample collection of prehistoric lithic material, probably of Bronze Age date and consisting of a core, a scrapper and other flakes / debitage. All of the items were found in close proximity on the northern top of the field and close to the Ridgeway path over a stretch of c. 200 metres.

BERK-B649D8: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A worked flint flake, possibly Bronze Age c. 1500 - 800 BC. There is a small platform with a pronounced percussion bulb, the ventral surface has two ridges and there is limited evidence of retouch. The surface has some ferrous inclusions.

BERK-F7C4D0: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2150-1500 BC). The arrowhead is roughly triangular in form and has extensive soft-hammer flake removals on all surfaces. A small patch of cortex remains on one of the surfaces (covering c. 20%) however the rest of the arrowhead has tertiary removals. The very tip of the arrowhead, and a small section of one of the barbs, is now broken and missing.

SUR-85BDCC: HANDAXE
A Lower Palaeolithic (c800,000 to 180,000BC) handaxe made from grey brown flint patinated with ochre. The axe is fresh and unabraded but there is very slight damage on the cutting edge. The axe is cordate in shape with a twist on its cutting edge.

BERK-AD1C8B: DEBITAGE
A lithic object that appears at firast glance to be a tanged and barbed arrowhead of Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500-1800 BC), however on closer inspection this appears to be a flake, of probable Brone Age date, however without the attributes of a retouched arrowhead; either this is a beginnings of an arrowhead lost or discarded before completion or it is just a flake that resembles an arrowhead in plan.

SUR-2CB658: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A rounded Neolithic scraper made on a thick flake with steep retouch. The flake retains a pronounced percussive scar and striking platform.

SUR-2CB181: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A rounded Neolithic scraper made from mottled translucent grey flint. The scraper has steep retouch all around its edges except for the straight side which forms the striking platform of the flake from which the scraper is made.

SUR-2CAB07: AXE
The blade end of a ground Neolithic flint axe made from a mottled mid grey flint with patches of iron staining. Following its breaking the axe appears to have been re-used as a hammer stone. One side of the axe is complete and retains a ground facet which runs along the side.

BERK-761DC0: BLADE
A natural piece of flint that has been retouched, probably late prehistory-Roman.

BERK-112088: FLAKE
A modestly retouched flint flake of general prehistoric date, but probably Neolithic or Bronze Age in date (c. 4000-1400 BC). Plano-convex in form, the dorsal surface has a single ridge running from just behind the distal point to the proximal end. The ventral surface is smooth apart from a modest percussion wave and some slight flaking. There are signs of retouch to both the left and right hand distal edges. This implement is modestly worked, sufficient to make it practically useful. The surface is a mottled grey with inclusions and ferrous like staining, some of the crazing/chips may be due to its time in the ground.

BERK-36BF03: ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the early Bronze Age (c. 2150-1500 BC). The arrowhead has been formed on a piece of light pink / buff flint (heavily calcified) suggesting a chalk downland source. The arrowhead is roughly triangular in form although the point is missing and there is damage to one side. The tangs are very short (undeveloped) and uneven. The arrowhead has extensive bifacial flake removals on all surfaces.

BERK-36E930: ARROWHEAD
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead dating to the early Neolithic period. The arrowhead is formed from a piece of mottled blue/ grey flint which has a heavily calcified outer surface, suggesting a chalk downland source. The arrowhead has been extensively retouched on both ventral and dorsal face, with some post-depositional damage evident. At the proximal end of the arrowhead there is the impression of notching on either edge, which may indicate the beginnings of the creation of a tang, however the surfaces in this area are not consistent with the rest of the arrowhead and these notches are therefore likely to be from post-depositional damage.

BERK-370E48: DEBITAGE
A broadly leaf-shaped flint flake formed from a grey/blue flint with thick outer calcification. The flake has not been retouched and shows scars from previous removals on the dorsal surface only. The bulb of percussion is retained. A small hinge fracture can be seen on the lower left lateral of the dorsal side. General prehistoric date but probably Neolithic - Bronze Age, c. 4000-1400 BC.

BERK-4D77FD: ARROWHEAD
A transverse or oblique arrowhead dating to the later Neolithic period (c. 4000-2350 BC). Made from a light grey and white flint (tertiary flake), covering scalar retouch leaves distinction between dorsal and ventral faces uncertain. There is also post-depositional damage on both surfaces and all edges. The colour of the flint and the white patina suggests a chalk downland source for the raw material. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC.

BERK-1C51E6: DEBITAGE
Two flint debitage fragments, waste flakes from flint tool production. Both flakes are small and bladelet-like in form. The orange coloured flake retains the platform and bulb of percussion and has evidence of previous removals on its dorsal surface. The second flake, also a tertiary removal, is grey in colour and has evidence of previous removals on its dorsal side, but does not retain the platform or bulb and has suffered post-depositional damage. Although hard to date accurately, these flakes are likely to date from the Mesolithic to Neolithic period, c. 8000-2400 BC.

BERK-02E468: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint nose scraper on a plunging blade from a double platformed core, therefore of Mesolithic or Neolithic date (c. 8000-2400 BC). The object is formed on a tertiary flake of a mottled grey flint. There are three, if not more, two-directional removals visible on the dorsal surface; although neither platform survives, this is indicitive of a double platformed core. The thinner distal end has some fine soft hammer retouch on its tip which has lead to its identification as a nose scraper, however this may also have been the result of removal or preperation of the platform. This is probably of Neolithic date however a slightly earlier date cannot be ruled out.

SUR-B8BBF1: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Three Neolithic flint flakes all with secondary retouch and no surviving cortex. Two are possibly concave scrapers. Mottled grey/brown flint.

BERK-8D1D9D: DEBITAGE
A flint 'plunging blade' from a double platformed core, therefore of Mesolithic or Neolithic date (c. 8000-2400 BC). There is no retouch and the overall form of the blade is uneven. The flint is heavily patinated to an off-white colour, although a small area of damage reveals a light grey core.

PUBLIC-0FC9F9: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A complete flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper has been manufactured on a tertiary flint flake that is dark bluish black in colouration, with small white inclusions and demonstrating little evidence of patination. The original support was probably detached by hard hammer percussion, and a single negative removal is visible on the dorsal surface. The platform is sub-lenticular in shape and plain, showing no evidence of trimming or preparation. On the ventral side, a bulbar scar of small size is visible. The support is somewhat irregular in shape with little attempt to produce a tool of uniform proportions, especially in the area around the platform and proximal end. At the distal end, short semi-abrupt and abrupt scalar retouch has been directly applied to form a blunted scraping edge that is convex in plan-view, though this is largely localised to this particular area of the support. Measurements; Length down percussion axis (mm): 27.86 Width: 32.55 Thickness at midpoint: 6.10 Weight (g): 6.5

BERK-CCA34E: DEBITAGE
Two brokens flakes from flint working debris (debitage). The first is the distal end of a flake from a multi-platformed core, with the proximal end now broken and missing. This tertiary flake is a dark grey-brown in colour. The second piece is also a broken distal fragment of a flake, this time a secondary flake retaining c. 20% cortex along the right edge. This flint is a dark brown colour with creamy cortex. Both pieces are prehistoric in date with the first flake being of probable Neolithic date while the second cannot be dated more closely than Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. They have a combined weight of 10.9 grams.

BERK-CCB77B: DEBITAGE
A broken fragment of a flake from flint working debris (debitage). The flake is broken at either end, so the middle part survives while the distal and proximal ends are missing. The flint is a mottled grey in colour and shows evidence of previous flake removals on its dorsal surface. This flake is later prehistoric in date but cannot be dated closer than Neolithic to Early Bonze Age.

BERK-CC1475: DEBITAGE
Three large undiagnostic fire-cracked flints, appear to be natural fragments and not flakes however they are heavily heated. These three flints were found in a garden with eight worked undated prehistoric flints and have been recorded as part of that assemblage. Combined weight: 67.8 grams

BERK-CC7B34: DEBITAGE
Three pieces of flint working debitage, or 'flakes' of later prehistoric date. Fragment no.1 is broadly triangular in plan and retains c.15% cortex on one edge. The flake has a shallow bulb and has sharp and jagged edges. It is a mottled grey-blue in colour with lighter, almost milky outer surface. Fragment no. 2 is a complete flake retaining the bulb and part of the platform. There is a small area (c.15%) of cortex on one side of the distal dorsal surface with a hinge fracture at the base. This flint is a light brown in colour and semi-translucent. The third fragment is a thick, amorphous flake with bulb of percussion. It retains c.90% cortex on its dorsal surface. The flint is mottled brown in colour and semi-tranlucent. All three pieces are later prehistoric in date but cannot be dated more closely than Neolithic to Early Bronze Age.

BERK-CC40B5: DEBITAGE
Three small pieces flint working debitage, or 'chips', two of which are c.1cm in length. The larger fragment (no.1) retains under 10% cortex on one edge and has the bulb of percussion evident. It is a dark mottled grey in colour. The second piece (no. 2) retains no cortext or bulb and is broken at its distal end. This flint is grey in colour with a milky white outer surface. The third piece (no. 3) is a small chip with no bulb but lines of percussions on its dorsal surface. It has a point at the proximal end but this is just a result of the fracturing and not intentional. The flint is mottled grey in colour. All three pieces are later prehistoric in date but cannot be dated more closely than Neolithic to (Early) Bronze Age. Combined weight: 1.4 grams.

BERK-E7B3F0: DEBITAGE
A collection of 89 flint debitage pieces of varying size, shape and colour, dating from the Mesolithic to Neolithic period (c. 10,000 - 2350 BC). The collection consists of flakes and blade-like pieces and chunks, mostly undiagnostic but considering the rest of the assemblage probably of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. Most of the pieces are made on a blue-grey flint, some with white or grey patina. Cortex survives on about 10% of the pieces. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

SUR-B8ABA5: ARROWHEAD
A Neolithic flint arrowhead of chisel form. The arrowhead is made from a flake and has steep retouch on one side only. The flint is mottled dark grey and brown in colour.

SUR-B59A91: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic flint scraper of rounded form. The scraper is made from a mottled grey flint and has been worked all round its dorsal side.

SUR-B53193: AXEHEAD
A complete Neolithic bifacially-worked flint axe 128mm long and 44mm wide. The axe is made from a a light grey mottled flint with iron staining and a patch of cortex survives on one side. The blade is now blunt.

SUR-09449D: BLADE
An unworked flint blade made from a dark grey patinated flint, probably of Mesolithic date. The proximal end of the blade has recently been truncated.

SUR-09366D: BLADE
A notched flint blade made from a light grey opaque flint, probably of Mesolithic date. The distal end of the blade is truncated. There is a concave notch in the centre of one side.

SUR-0923FD: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic flint end scraper made from a flake, with steep retouch on the distal end.

SUR-97D591: CORE
A Mesolithic multi-platform flint core. The core has been struck form three or four directions. The flint is mottled dark grey.

BERK-D58E82: AXEHEAD
A frgament from a Neolithic polished flint axehead dating from c.4000-2100 BC. Polished axes are very labour intensive and are thought to have held high value during this period. Polished axes were traded throughout Britain and Western Europe. In this example only the tip survives. The flint is covered in thick white patina suggesting a chalk downland source. It measures 43.79mm long, 42.43mm wide and is 22.84mm thick. It weighs 39.8 gms.

SUR-948BF3: KNIFE
A Neolithic leaf-shaped flint knife. The knifeis made from a translucent light brown flint and has shallow retouch. The proximal end of the flake from which the knife was struck remains very thick.

SUR-11AD6D: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Five small struck flint flakes, each patinated a milky white. Only one (on the left in the accompanying photgraph) appears to display secondary working and this appears along one side. The worked flint measures 21.9mm x 9.16mm.

BERK-35867C: DEBITAGE
A collection debitage consisting of 24 bladelets dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). They are in varying sizes and varying stages of preperation. They are broadly rectangular in plan with a trapezoidal cross section., although the less-fine examples have a triangular cross section. All of the bladelets are on a mottled blue-grey flint many with a white patina forming. Seceral examples are in the early stage of preperation, retaining a small area of cortex. The pieces vary in soze from 33.5mm long x 14.4mm wide down to 16.4mm long x 7.2mm wide.

BERK-E7709B: DEBITAGE
A collection of 48 flint debitage pieces (bladelet material) of varying size, shape and colour, dating from the Mesolithic to early Neolithic period (c. 10,000 - 3501 BC). The collection consists of mainly blade or bladelet shaped pieces and flakes with a few broken blades and small chips. Most of the bladelets have a triangular cross section. None are reworked. The flint material is generally a blue-grey with white or grey patina. Cortex survives on about 25% of the pieces. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E90944: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Two flint scrapers, probably dating from the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Both scrapers are made on tertiary flakes and have steep soft hammer retouching at the dorsal distal end and down laterals. Both of these tools have been damaged post-deposition and are missing portions. The colour of the flint varies from a light to mottled grey brown. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E94884: CORE
Four bladelet cores dating to the Mesolithic period (c. 10,000-4,000 BC). Three out of the four cores appear complete; one has suffered post-depositional damage. The three complete examples all have flat platforms and multiple single direction bladelet removals. The cores are worked in such a way as to create a cone-shaped core. The removals are long and thin, producing bladelets that could be fashioned into other tools, such as microliths. Three out of the four cores, including the damaged one, have some element of cortex remaining. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E981F8: CORE
A discoidal multiplatform flint core of probable Late Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The core retains cortext on its ventral side, while the distal surface is a grey-brown flint. There are several multi-directional removals on this surface. C. 2700-1600 BC). This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E9B1B6: CORE
An irregularly shaped multiplatform flint core of probable Neolithic date. The core retains a very small area of cortext (c. 10%). The colour of the flint is a mottled light to mid grey. There are definately two platforms visible, however removals seem to have been made from other places too as there are several multi-directional removals over the surfaces. C. 4000-2350 BC). This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-EA5401: KNIFE
A fragment of a flint knife of later Neolithic date (c. 2700-2350 BC). The fragment is the tip of the knife, which would have been plano-convex in section. Parallel soft hammer retouch is restricted to the left lateral of the dorsal surface. The knife has been made on a tertiary flake of grey-brown flint. This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-EA7E13: RETOUCHED FLAKE
A flint blade with miscellanous retouching on both ventral and dorsal surfaces. The retouched flake has been formed from a light grey-brown tertiary flake. The blade retains the platform and bulb of percussion. Fine parallel soft-hammer retouch is evident around the distal end, qhich is quite square - it maybe that this flake was intended to be a formal tool or arrowhead but was rejected or discarded. This retouched flake probably belongs to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period (c. 4000-1100 BC). This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-EACDFA: GUNFLINT
An incomplete post-medieval gunflint, made from a dark brown/black tertiary flint flake. The gunflint is broadly wedge-shaped in section and would have been square or rectangular in plan before the post-depositional damage. The gunflake has retouch around all extant edges, the retouch being hard and direct with a scaled appearance. The wedge end of the gunflint is completely retouched, however the dorsal back surface is unworked. Gunflint like these are known from both English and later American Civil War sites and are thought to have been issued during the AD 1650-1660s, possibly along with the gun itself.

BERK-E9CD42: DENTICULATE
A possible fragment of a denticulated flake, dating from the Bronze Age. The denticulate is made on a mottle blue-grey secondary flake. This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E9F869: BORER
A flint borer or piercer of Neolithic date. The piercer has been fabricated on a tertiary flake of grey-brown flint. There is extensive soft hammer removals over the dorsal surface of the piercer with concentrated, parallel retouching along the left lateral where the tip of the piercer is formed. The ventral side of the tool is unworked but curved, possibly from a hinge fracture. This object is part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E8CE19: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A collection of three poorly-executed flint scraper, dating from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. Two are made on secondary flakes while the third is made on a tertiary flake. All have hard hammer retouching at the dorsal distal end and some limited retouch down at least one lateral. The larger flake, or really a chunk, is the most crudely manufactured of the three. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E92BCD: SCRAPER (TOOL)
An unfinished flint scraper, probably dating from the Mesolithic to Neolithic period. The scraper is made on tertiary flake, and has little soft-hammer retouch on the dorsal distal end and lateral; it has been suggested that this is a tool in production, as the retouch is not finished. It is also possible that the flake was discarded or rejected during manufacture. The colour of the flint varies from a light to mottled grey-blue. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E8EFBC: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A collection of three end-scrapers, dating to the Mesolithic period. Two of the scrapers are complete while a third is truncated. All three are made on secondary flakes and all have steep soft hammer retouching at the dorsal distal end. The colour of the flint varies from mottled blue-grey to brown. This style of scraper is usually associated with the Mesolithic period, dating from c. 10,000 - 4000 BC. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site.

BERK-E59923: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Three flint scrapers dating from the later Neolithic to Early/Middle Bronze Age (c. 2400-1600 BC). All three scrapers are made from a calcified blue-grey flint, all retain the platform and bulb. All have soft hammer retouch at the distal end and part way down both dorsal laterals, with one scrpaer being less reworked than the other two. The ventral surfaces are not retouched. These objects are part of a larger collection from what appears to be a multiphase site, with these scrapers being some of the later examples, most likely Early Bronze Age in date (c. 2350-1600 BC).

SUR-1674F5: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A neolithic flint scraper of rounded form made from a translucent brown flint. The scraper has semi-abrupt retouch on its distal edge.

BERK-359C51: DEBITAGE
A collection of 25 pieces of debitage, probably dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC).

BERK-354C65: CORE
Five flint core fragments dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). The cores are in varying states of preservation, with at least two showing modern plough damage. The removals are long and thin, typical of mesolithic microlith or bladelet production and are single platformed, with removal being taken from the same direction. All retain at least 10% coretx. The flints are all mottled blue-grey in colour.

BERK-35959A: CORE
A collection of eleven (11) core fragments, dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). All the fragments are damaged, possibly during use but also by more modern elements such as ploughing. They may be rejuvination flakes, when a core was re-worked to achieve a better tablet to work from.

BERK-353A6A: BLADE
Two broken flint blades dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). The blades are both made from a bluish-grey flint, with white patina. One example retains approximately 20% cortex. Neither specimin is retouched and both are broken at the proximal end.

BERK-35BF20: MICROLITH
A flint microblade or microlith dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). The microlith has been made on a mottled light bluish-grey flint with white calcification. All that survives in this example is the tip of the distal end.

BERK-35B408: MICROBURIN
A flint microburin dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). The microburin has been made on a mottled light bluish-grey flint with white calcification. A microburin is the waste formed when a notched blade is broken to form a geometric microlith. The notch is clearly visible on one lateral of the dorsal side.

BERK-35633C: BLADE
A truncated blade fragment dating to the Mesolithic period (10,000-4001 BC). The blade fragment is made from a mottled blue-grey flint and does not retain either the platform or bulb of percussion. There is weather damage at the proximal end on the dorsal surface. A small area of soft-hammer retouch can be seen on the right dorsal lateral, although this may be later reuse.

BERK-52CE80: FLAKE
A collection of 22 flint flakes, from core trimming and / or tool preparation and production. None of these flakes show any sign of reworking (retouching). The flake technology employed suggests a date between the Late Neolithic (c.2500-2100 BC) through into the Bronze Age (c. 2100-800 BC), when generally flint working skills rapidly declined. This assemblage weighs a total of 82.4gms.

BERK-5366B0: MICROLITH
A collection of flint tools and production debris dating to the Mesolithic period (8300-4000BC). The collection consists of 24 bladelets or microliths as well as one core and one core fragment. All of the pieces show long thin blade removals, a technology very characteristic of the Mesolithic period. The microlithis weigh a collective total of 28.1gms. The large core weighs 14.8gms and measures 20.92mm long and is 20.05mm at its widest. The core tapers from the platfrom at the top, almost down to a point at the distal end. The core fragment piece displays a number of microlith removals on the dorsal surface, and retains part of the platform and bulb of percussion. This may have been struck of the main core deliberately to form an ad-hoc nose scraper, as there appears to be minimal but concentrated retouch around the distal end. This piece measures 24.71mm long, 16.04mm wide and is 4.91mm thick. It weighs 5.2gms.

BERK-557B92: DEBITAGE
A collection of 39 pieces of flint working debris or debitage. General prehistoric date - Mesolithic (c.8300BC) to Bronze Age (c. 701BC).

BERK-559644: DEBITAGE
A collection of 3 pieces of bladelet debitage. Mesolithic (c. 8300-4000 BC).

BERK-55A001: RETOUCHED FLAKE
An undatable prehistoric blade-like flake with miscellaneous retouch.

BERK-55A9D3: LEAF ARROWHEAD
An unfinished leaf-shaped arrowhead, with retouch restricted to a lateral edge on the ventral surface. Leaf-shaped arrowhead date from the early Neolithic period c. 4000-3200BC.

BERK-55B266: BLADE
A truncation on a blade-like flake or bladelet. This artefact probably dates from the Mesolithic to Neolithic period c. 8300-2100BC.

BERK-55BAD1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A scraper tool - formed on a flake with retouching on one edge. General Mesolithic to Bronze Age date (c.8300-701BC).

BERK-55F565: MICROBURIN
A Mesolithic microburin miss-hit, c. 8300-4000BC

BERK-560973: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A collection of four scrapers, all made on flakes. All of the scrapers date from the Mesolithic to Neolithic periods (c.8300-2100 BC).

BERK-560F77: CORE
A collection of three Mesolithic cores (c.8300-4000 BC), including two bladelet production cores and one multiplatform core.

BERK-DD3D70: END SCRAPER
An flint end scraper on a secondary flake, with minimal retouch on one dorsal lateral edge. Some recortification is evident at the distal end. The platform is retained. Mesoliothic or Neolithic in date (c. 8000 - 2100 BC).

BERK-DEBFE3: CORE
A multiplatform flint core, with multiple removals in several directions from all surfaces evident. The core retains some cortex, and is made from a dark blue / grey coloured flint. Late Mesolithic / early Neolithic in date, c. 6500-2100 BC.

BERK-DF0554: CRESTED BLADE
A probable core rejuvinator, possibly a crested blade. The flint has a triangular-shaped cross section and some of the buld is retained. The flint is dark grey / brown in colour. Mesolithic / early Neolithic in date, c. 8000-2100 BC.

BERK-DF32C4: CORE
Two flint core tablets, both in a dark grey / brown flint. The larger example bears a hinge fracture and is made on a secondary flake. Probably Mesolithic in date (c. 8300-2100 BC).

BERK-DF8985: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint scraper dating to the late Neolithic / Bronze Age. The scraper is made on a secondary flake of a cream / blue flint. There is extensive retouching along the distal edge of the dorsal side only. The ventral side is smooth and flat. c. 2100-1800 BC.

BERK-EEE107: FLAKE
A large unretouched flake on a secondary removal, Neolithic in date.

BERK-EEF4A3: FLAKE
A flake with miscellaneous retouch on a tertiary removal, Late Mesolithic to Neolithic in date.

BERK-EF2A92: BLADE
An early mesolithic flint bladelet, with triangular cross section and retouch restricted to one dorsal lateral. c. 8000 -6500 BC.

BERK-EF7450: FLAKE
An unretouched flint flake from a nicely prepared bladelet core. Mesolithic in date c. 8000-4000 BC.

BERK-EF8400: DEBITAGE
A collection of 16 debitage, flake and bladelet fragments, none with retouch and all dating to the Mesolithic period c. 8000-4000 BC.

BERK-EF9A17: FLAKE
A collection of three unretouched flakes, two on secondary removals one a tertiary removal. General later mesolithic or neolithic in date c. 6500 - 2100 BC.

BERK-EFAA91: CORE
Two core fragments, one of which has been heated / burnt. They both date from the mesolithic to neolithic period c. 8000-2100 BC.

BERK-EFB7A4: DEBITAGE
A collection of four undiagnostic debitage chips or flakes, probably mesolithic to neolithic in date (c. 8000-2100 BC).

BERK-7D82F3: DEBITAGE
Two pieces of flint tool manufacturing waste (debitage), made from a semi-translucent orange-brown flint. Both flakes show flake removal scars on their dorsal surfaces, and neither appear to have any retouch. Undiagnostic pieces like these are very hard to date, however they are likely to date from around the Neolithic period.

SUR-AB5105: DEBITAGE
A long, curving and slender flint blade, probably of mesolithic date, made from a mottled dark grey flint. There is no sign of working.

SUR-AB4477: DEBITAGE
A long, curving and slender flint blade, probably of mesolithic date, made from a mottled grey flint. There is no sign of working.

BERK-396AC3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Prehistoric flint flake

BERK-4AE13B: DEBITAGE
A blade-like flake, possibly a core rejuvination flake (debitage) dating to the prehistoric period, possibly the Mesolithic period. The secondary flake is made on a brown flint with the lateral edges showing some recortication. There are several long thin removals on the dorsal side. There is a post-depositional break at the proximal end which has removed any evidence of the bulb or platform, although some radiating fracture lines can be seen. This flake was probably struck with a soft hammer (bone). The flake is not particularly diagnostic and although the long thin removals suggest a Mesolithic date, it could extend into the Neolithic period. Suggested date c. 10,000 - 3000 BC.

BERK-45FD21: DEBITAGE
An un-retouched flint flake (debitage), struck from a core and showing previous flake scars on the dorsal surface. There is no evidence for retouching or further work on either edge and the bulb is retained. This may be a preparation or rejuvenation piece. Generally prehistoric in date (non-diagnostic), but more likely to be later Neolithic or Bronze Age in date (c. 3000-900 BC).

BERK-17EC72: AXEHEAD
A complete flint, partially ground and polished axehead head dating to the Neolithic period. The axe head is made from a whitish-coloured flint. It has rough bifacial removals with the rounded butt of the axe ground smooth and polished on either face. It is unclear whether this is an unfinished polished axe, or whether the restricted area that is ground and polished was intentional. Polished axes are characteristic of the Neolithic period; this specimen is likely to date to the Late Neolithic, c. 2700-2300 BC.

BERK-C960A3: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Complete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, very well made. Dating to the early Bronze Age - c2000-1600BC.

BERK-98F94B: DEBITAGE
A blade-like flake, possibly a core rejuvination flake (debitage) dating to the prehistoric period. The secondary flake is made on a mottled blue-brown flint with the lateral edges showing some recortication. There are several long thin removals on the dorsal sidem and the ventral side retains the platform and small bulb of percussion, which indiates that the flake was struck with a soft hammer (bone). The flake is not particularly diagnostic so a wide date range of Mesolithic to (early) Bronze Age must be used.

BERK-07C033: BLADE
Proximal fragment of a well prepared, Mesolithic (possibly early Neolithic) blade, based on other collections.

BERK-080124: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Bronze Age scraper on a flake.

BERK-07E236: FLAKE
Probably a prehistoric flake with some miscellaneous retouch on right hand lateral edge.

BERK-0793F2: BLADE
Large blade, no retouch. Retains small pre-prepared platform and small bulb, soft hammer. Probably Mesolithic due to similarities with Evett collection.

BERK-07F2E8: ARROWHEAD
Small tanged and barbed arrowhead, that has been 'improved' in more modern times. The antiquarian collector, Mr Evett, gave cash for flint tools, and it seems that some may have tried to fabricate or improve prehistoric-looking tools in order to earn a few pence.

BERK-080C35: DEBITAGE
A collection of four flint flakes and one bladelet (not pictured). Generally prehistoric (Mesolithic to Bronze Age); more precise dating not achievable.

BERK-280785: MICROLITH
A flint microlith, isoceles triangle in shape and dating to the early Mesolithic period (8300-6500 BC).

BERK-3237B1: BLADE
Mesolithic? bladelet fragment.

BERK-325B98: STRIKE A LIGHT
Two possible strike-a-lights, one on a prehistoric core, shown modern reuse of a prehistoric object. Found near a railway cutting so could be associated with navvies there c1840s possibly. Metal stains on core fragment.

BERK-3266E1: ARROWHEAD
Late Neolithic transverse arrowhead fragment.

BERK-327336: BORER
Neolithic/Bronze Age bore tool or piercer.

BERK-3284F5: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Two miscellaneous retouched tools of uncertain use and uncertain date.

BERK-328DD5: FLAKE
Core rejuvination flakes of uncertain prehistoric date.

BERK-42BC41: BLADE
Four bladelets, probably dating to the Mesolithic period.

BERK-42CC95: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Late Neolithic scraper on a polished axe fragment.

BERK-42D913: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Five Neolithic/Bronze Age scrapers, including one end scraper on a blade fragment.

BERK-42E320: DEBITAGE
34 unretouched prehistoric flake debitage pieces of uncertain date.

BERK-42F516: ARROWHEAD
Neolithic bifacial fragment, possibly an arrowhead fragment.

BERK-430084: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Neolithic/Bronze Age scraper.

BERK-430891: FLAKE
Prehistoric core rejuvination flake of uncertain date but probably Neolithic or Bronze Age

25 Prehistoric unretouched debitage flakes of uncertain date

Two prehistoric unretouched debitage pieces of uncertain date.

BERK-432903: CORE
Prehistoric flint core fragment with battering on several edges. Date uncertain but probably Mesolithic to Bronze Age.

Prehistoric unretouched debitage fragment.

BERK-436C82: DEBITAGE
10 prehistoric unretouched flakes (debitage) of uncertain date.

BERK-437DB2: DEBITAGE
Prehistoric unretouched flake (debitage) that has been heat damaged, and 2 pieces of oyster shell (oyster shell not photographed).

15 unretouched prehistoric debitage flakes of uncertain date.

BERK-43D677: BLADE
Three Mesolithic bladelets

BERK-43E776: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Four end and nose scrapers, probably Neolithic/Bronze Age.

BERK-43FB25: DEBITAGE
Eight prehistoric unretouched flake debitage fragments.

Two knapping fragments (debitage) of uncertain prehistoric date.

BERK-4416E5: BLADE
Burnt Mesolithic bladelet core on a flake.

BERK-442365: FLAKE
Neolithic/Bronze Age bifacially worked flake with no retouch.

BERK-4441C3: FLAKE
Large, probably Neolithic, 'Nettlebed flake', from a discoidal core; no retouch.

Small, probably Mesolithic, unretouched flake.

BERK-4453F7: DEBITAGE
Five prehistoric unretouched flakes of uncertain date.

BERK-445D47: KNIFE
Bronze Age plano-convex knife fragment.

BERK-446627: MICROLITH
Mesolithic microlith.

BERK-446D56: DEBITAGE
Prehistoric unretouched flake (debitage fragment), of uncertain date

BERK-448897: MICROLITH
Early Mesolithic microlith.

BERK-449655: ARROWHEAD
Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead.

BERK-B20712: DEBITAGE
59 unretouched flakes and knapping fragments, hard to date but probably Mesolithic to Bronze Age in date.

BERK-B21167: CORE
Retouched fragment, probably a core fragment of uncertain date.

BERK-B21AF1: BLADE
Four bladelet fragments, probably Mesolithic.

BERK-B22337: CORE
Prehistoric core rejuvination fragment.

BERK-C53245: MICROLITH
An unfinished Mesolithic microlith.

BERK-C53F63: FLAKE
Prehistoric flake with miscellaneous retouch.

BERK-C552A2: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A burnt prehistoric scraper fragment.

BERK-C9A5D5: CORE
Mesolithic core fragment.

BERK-C9B122: MICROLITH
Mesolithic microlith fragment.

BERK-C9BF95: MICROLITH
Mesolithic flake with truncation.

BERK-C9C922: BLADE
Nine Mesolithic bladelets and bladelet fragments.

BERK-C9D367: CORE
Prehistoric discoidal core fragment.

BERK-C9DBD0: CORE
Prehistoric core fragment probably Neolithic to Bronze Age in date.

BERK-C9E3D7: FLAKE
Prehistoric flake with miscellaneous retouch.

BERK-C9EC03: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Two prehistoric flint scrapers of uncertain age, but probable Mesolithic to Bronze Age in date.

BERK-CA7426: GUNFLINT
Post medieval gun flint (17-18th centuries AD)

BERK-CA8641: DEBITAGE
Bladelet debitage, dating from the Mesolithic to Neolithic.

BERK-CA90C2: CORE
2 Mesolithic bladelet cores.

BERK-CA9967: BORER
Prehistoric piercer fragment.

BERK-CABC26: DEBITAGE
13 prehistoric unretouched flakes.

BERK-6FD476: BLADE
A late Mesolithic (8000-6000BP) bladelet (good preparation).

BERK-A11D41: AXEHEAD
A late Neolithic polished axe fragment, possibly early stage polished knife, but possibly too thick. The fragment has bifacial working and a polished edge.

BERK-A129C5: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A later Bronze Age scraper with bipolar damage.

BERK-18F078: FLAKE
Prehistoric flint flake

BERK-6A37B4: BLADE
A broken blade fragment made on a teriary flake. The platform and bulb is retained. The flint has a blue-grey core covered with a thick white patina from the chalk. The object has partial retouch on the dorsal edges and is broken at the distal end. It is crude in its manufacture and finishing, suggesting a Bronze Age date, like the rest of the assemblage from this area. The lithic measures 41.49mm long, 16.98mm wide and is 4.92mm thick. It weighs 5.7gms.

BERK-6A2495: DEBITAGE
Six flake/blade debitage fragments of various sizes: All of these examples retain the platform and bulb - three are on secondary flakes, three are on tertiary flakes. All of the material has a thick white patina while some show spots of the blue-grey core. They have a combined weight of 25.4gms.

BERK-6A0727: DEBITAGE
A blade / flake debitage fragment on a tertiary flake. The flint has a grey-blue core with a thin white patina stain throughout. The bulb and platform is present on this flake. Like the other flints recovered nearby it is likely that this flint dates from the Bronze Age.

BERK-69DD31: FLAKE
A group of six retouched flakes, all of quite crude workmanship. All flint material is the same - a blue grey core covered by a thick white layer. Three of the examples are secondary flakes with under 50% cortex remaining. The examples display minimal retouch and therefore cannot be classified as formal tools - they may represent production residue, although in one example there is retouch almost all along a dorsal lateral (covering c.70%) - this may have functioned as a side scraper. Like other flints recovered from this area, the workmanship is crude suggesting a Bronze Age date, possible later Bronze Age.

BERK-69AAE7: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small collection of probable Bronze Age scrapers. The collection consists of: 1x side scraper on a secondary flake with intermittent retouch on one dorsal edge; 1x 'button' style scraper on a secondary flake with retouch on the ventral laterals and the distal tip (not continuous); 1x end and side scraper on a thick irregular flake showing some possible recortication. Combined weight is 19.1gms.

HAMP-61C800: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Sub-rectangular flint tranchet adze or axe. Both surfaces bear many flake scars and ridges as well as numerous areas with rippling although one is not so heavily worked as the other. The flint is yellow/green in colour. A very nice example of the type.

BERK-2B1DB7: HANDAXE
A Middle Palaeolithic Devensian cordiform handaxe from Cassington, Oxfordshire. The handaxe is bifacially retouched but does display some more modern weathering damage including fracturing and spooling. A grey-blue core is covered by a thick creamy-yellow patina. The handaxe measures 74.81mm long, 64.99mm wide and is 19.83mm thick. It measures 86.7gms. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC.

BERK-2FED97: ARROWHEAD
An unusually large and chunky Neolithic arrowhead dating from c. 4000 - 2100 BC. The arrowhead was the cause of consideration by Alison Roberts (Ashmolean Museum) and Prof. Nick Barton (Institute of Archaeology), and thanks are given for their comments, which follow: 'The flint appears at first to be of considerable age, however it is too small to be of Upper Palaeolithic origin, but is not quite right for the Neolithic period either. There are large laurel-leaf arrowheads of the Neolithic that have been found in East Anglia, so it is probably better to consider this as a Neolithic arrowhead, albeit a big and chunky one, rather than an Upper Palaeolithic spear point, which are very rare.'

BERK-FAA4E5: BLADE
An incomplete Neolithic bifacially retouched flint blade or possible fabricator, with semi-parallel retouch on both sides. Probably early Neolithic c. 3500 - 2000 BC, or possibly later Bronze Age c. 1150-800 BC.

BERK-2EAF68: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A tertiary flake on a grey-brown semi translucent flint. The flake has minimal retouch around a small notch on both the dorsal and ventral side, and another small notch on the distal end of the flake, retouched on the dorsal side only. This flake measures 36.84mm long, 16.28mm wide and is 5.54mm thick. It is likely to date from the later Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 2500 - 1500 BC).

BERK-B8DA47: FLAKE
A Neolithic lithic implement, a retouched flake flint, dating to the later Neolithic or Bronze Age. There is retouch on right dorsal edge. It is made on a grey translucent flint, being flat with 40 percent cortex. Circa 3000 - 1200 BC.

BERK-0F5F58: FLAKE
Two flint flakes of uncertain prehistoric date, but probably Neolithic to Bronze Age. The flakes both retain the striking platform as well as flake scars on the dorsal surface, but there is no retouching on either flake. The flint is a light, semi-translucent brown with mottled bluish-grey patina. One retains approximately 20% cortex. The flakes measure 36.79mm L x 22.2mm W x 3.14mm T and 3.6 grams, and 33.03mm L x 21.05mm W x 3.05mm T and 3 grams. Both display post-deposition damaging and weathering.

BERK-803364: SIDE SCRAPER
A side-scraper made on a secondary flake with c.40% cortex remaining. There is one flake scar removal on the distal surface, while retouch is evident only on one dorsal edge. The scraper is 33.91mm in length, 23mm in width and 7.04mm thick and weighs 5.76 gms. It may date to the late Mesolithic / early Neolithic periods.

SUR-2FA0E1: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Neolithic flint scraper made from mottled dark grey flint. The scraper is elongated and made from a blade and has been worked on all sides. The ventral face and bulb have been left largely unworked.

SUR-2F8965: KNIFE
A Neolithic flint knife of D-shaped form. The knife is made from a mottled grey flint and has been bifacially worked on the rounded sides, removing the bulb.

BERK-6D86F5: CHISEL
A Neolithic polished flint chisel and a natural stone. No photograph taken

SUR-683126: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Neolithic flint scraper made from a dark grey mottled flint with no cortex remaining. The scraper is heel form in plan. The rear edge is concave.

BERK-5E0214: BLADE
A flint blade dating from the early Neolithic period (c.4000-3000 BC). The blade is made on a secondary flake of a dark grey, semi-translucent flint. The distal end retains approximately 20% brown-white cortex. The blade is retouched around all dorsal edges apart from at the distal end; thinning of the bulb is evident at the proximal end on the ventral side. The blade widens from 7.41mm at the proximal end to 23.34mm at the distal end and has a roughly trapezoidal cross section.

BERK-E10407: KNIFE
A possible Neolithic knife blade of knapped flint. The blade has with wear down the right edge of dorsal. Left side of dorsal is broken.

SUR-AF0BD6: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flnt tool, possibly a fabricator, made from a single thick blade or flake with steep retouch along both long sides. The flint is light grey with mottled patination and the section through the centre is triangular. 69.63 x 30.01mm. Also a roughly triangular flake,measuring 51.98 x 37.94mm, with similar patination.

BERK-EF5FC7: AXE
A tiny fragmant from a Neolithic polished axe, possibly knapped off the main object.

BERK-6CE1A6: FLAKE
1 Bronze Age flint flake, an awl or piercer. No photograph taken

BERK-4FD162: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A Mesolithic flint scraper made of a tertiary flake of a mid-brown flint. The scraper has retouch around both dorsal laterals and nose. The ventral surface is un-worked but retains the bulb of percussion. Part of the platform is also retained. Due to it's size this type of artefact is known as a thumbnail scraper and is typologically characteristic of the Mesolithic to early Neolithic period, c.6500-2500 BC.

BERK-E8E945: AXEHEAD
A flint axe made on a tertiary flake, and probably dating from the Neolithic period, possibly a rough-out. The axe is quite a small example and has large flake removals on the dorsal surface. The reverse (ventral) side of the axe is roughly fractured and some limited flaking is evident at one end. Some re-cortication is evident, and part of the platform is retained. Probably Neolithic in date, c. 4000-2200 BC.

BERK-E818F3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint scraper made on a tertiary flake, and probably dating from the later Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 2500 - 1500 BC). The scraper is retouched along both edges of the dorsal surface only. Some flaking may be evident on the ventral surface.

SUR-003C78: DEBITAGE
Two fragments of struck flint. 1. A large coarse primary or secondary flake with cortex. Possibly an awl or borer. 69.3mm x 66.3mm, 45.32g. 2. A hinge flake worked on two inward curving faces. 41.9mm x 51.9mm; 21.4g.

BERK-E96204: ARROWHEAD
A broken flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the early Bronze Age (c. 2150-1500 BC). The arrowhead is roughly triangular in form although the point is missing, and one of the tangs appears broken. It has extensive bifacial flake removals on all surfaces.

BERK-E90C94: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Two flint microliths dating from the Mesolithic period (c. 8500-4000 BC). One microlith is broken.

BERK-E933C8: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Two un-retouched flint flakes, probably dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age, c. 4000-2200 BC.

SUR-6F1AE5: HANDAXE
A handaxe of Lower Palaeolithic date measuring 159mm x 99mm. Bifacially worked with relatively crude flaking. Mmottled light grey flint and has a creamy patina and much iron staining. Some damage has occurred during the axe's long history.

BERK-11D8D1: AXE
A Neolithic handaxe made from a mottled-grey flint. The handaxe has bifacial removals while c.5% cortex remains on the dorsal surface. There is some suggestion that this axe has been polished or smoothed in places, although this may have been caused by water action rather than purposeful grinding / polishing.

SUR-6ECDB5: AXEHEAD
A fragment of a ground flint axe of Neolithic date. What survives may be the butt end but it appears to have been used as a hammer and which end survives is not clear. The axe has a chalky cream patina with much iron staining.

BERK-3766D5: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A possible Neolithic period flint scraper in dark grey flint with stippling. Broken across a vertical axis.

BERK-B80796: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint end scraper probably dating from the earlier part of the Neolithic period (c.3500-2500 BC). The scraper is quite large and has been made on a primary flake of grey-blue flint, with the dorsal surface retaining over 95% outer cortex; the cortex has been flaked away to create the scraper edge. There appears to be no or very limited retouch on the ventral side. The lack of preparation of the flake suggests the tool was made quickly for a specific purpose and may have been disposed of soon after use.

SUR-6549F5: HANDAXE
A complete flint handaxe of Lower Palaeolitic date. The axe is a cordate biface and is complete save for one or two small chips. One side is patinated white and retains areas of cortex; one remaining area forms a hollow. The other side is grey with a dense tangle of off white lines.

BERK-283487: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A collection of 27 lithic implements dating from the Mesolithic to Bronze Age (c. 8300-1500 BC). The items are: 1x flint axe thining flake (Neolithic) 4x burnt flakes (general prehistoric) 1x fragment retouched tool (probably Neolithic) 14x flint flakes, 6x bladelets and 1x flint chip, (at least one bladelet is Mesolithic, the rest are mainly Neolithic to Bronze Age). No images available

BERK-27D571: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A collection of four core fragmants and cores, probably dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 4000-1500 BC).

BERK-27E562: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A collection of three flint scrapers, probably dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 4000-1500 BC).

BERK-27F653: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A large flint flake, probably intended to be a scraper, highly burnt. Probably dating from the Bronze Age (c. 2100-1200 BC).

BERK-2731C5: AXE
A fragment of a Neolithic (c.4000-2100 BC) polished flint axe. The fragment consists of only a portion of the tip.

NARC-3207B7: DEBITAGE
Two pieces of flint. Both show signs of working and percussion scars, but neither are complete tools. They are therefore likely to be debitage of probably Neolithic date. 1) an opague light brown colored flint. Some reddish-brown coloured cortex remaining on the concave surface of the wider, flatter, end. The underside f this area has several deliberately longitudinal scars. This wide ares becomes narrower and more triangular in section. One facet of this area has a bulb of percussion and associated ripples. There is no flaking or retouching to the edges. 67mm x 35mm x 24mm. 28.43g. 2) Dark grey coloured flint with light mottling. Roughly triangular in plan, and a flatter triangle shape in section. There is a bulb of percussion and associated ripples on the upper, concave surface. there is no evidence of pressure flaking or retouching around the edges. This is likely to be a discarded piece of debitage. 35mm x 24mm x 5.5mm. 6.07g.

BERK-ED7381: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Neolithic flint tertiary flake with previous flake scars evident on the dorsal surface. The bulb and platform are retained and there is some minimal retouching on one lateral edge. General Neolithic date.

BERK-DAFD47: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint scraper, semit-circular in plan and crude in manufacture. The scraper has been made on a tertiary flake and crude retouching is present on the curved edge of the dorsal surface. Neither the bulb or percussion lines are evident. The scraper is very crude and that suggests a Bronze Age or later date.

BERK-DAEC64: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint waste flake, primary removal. There is no definitive retouching evident on the ventral surface, although damage has occured and is suggestive of rolling or possibly hammering. The rings of percussion are evident on the ventral surface and a slight hinge fracture mirror is evident. No platform is visible. This is very hard to date without any technological distinctions evident so it could be prehistoric, but could quite easily also be quite modern and may not, necessarily, be man made, although it could have been struck by machinery.

BERK-DAC725: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Two retouched tertiary flakes. Both of the flakes retain the bulb of percussion and one retains the striking platform. Both flakes have bladelet sized removals restricted to their dorsal surfaces. The retouch is minimal and sparodic of both flakes suggesting that they were either production debris, or possibly simple ad hoc tools discarded soon after manufacture. The flakes probably date from the late Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 3000-1200 BC).

BERK-DAB322: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint blade fragment probably dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2500 BC). The blade retains the platform and bulb of percussion, although some attempt to remove the bulb has been made. There is further restricted pressure flaking on one lateral of the ventral side, otherwise there is no secondary working. The distal end of the blade is broken and missing, but this appears to have happened in antiquity as the patina at the break is the same as that covering the rest of the flint.

BERK-DA8D51: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint awl dating from the late Neolithic to probably the Middle Bronze Age (c.3000-1200 BC). The awl is made on a secondary flake that is roughly triangular in plan. The flake retains lines of percussion from striking on the ventral surface. The flake displays larger flaked removals and crude retouching that is restricted to the dorsal face only - the tip of the awl (also the proximal end), is now 'snub-nosed', with indications that a hinge fracture occured. This break appears to have occured in antiquity. The patina is even over the tool apart from some small areas that have suffered modern damage.

BERK-9350B3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint side scraper on a secondary flake dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c 4000-800 BC). The scraper retains the platform and bulb of percussion. Flaked retouch removals on one lateral side are large and crude and the minimal precision retouching suggests a later prehistoric date.

BERK-8F05D3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint core rejuvination flake with some additional ventral surface retouching. Prehistoric in date, probably Neolithic (c. 4000BC) to Bronze Age (c. 700BC).

BERK-8F5E31: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A very angular, rectangular piece of flint, possibly from a spent core. The piece has a couple of thin flake removals evident but otherwise there is no retouching or other work evident, although one of the angular corners appears to have been used for rubbing as it is smooth and rounded, something that must have happened through human interaction. This piece of flint's origin is uncertain so it can only be refered to as a 'rubbed end piece'. General prehistoric date, probably Neolithic to Bronze Age.

BERK-8F73F8: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A small flint bladelet fragment with evidence of previous removals from the dorsal surface. Mesolithic to Neolithic in date.

BERK-8F8062: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Four unretouched flint flakes, probably production residue / waste flakes. General prehistoric date, but likely to date to between the Neolithic and Bronze Age.

A knapped piece of flint - purpose unknown although the retouch is confined to one edge so the object may have functioned as a scraper. Generally prehistoric in date, although likely to be from the Neolithic to Bronze Age. There may some more modern damage on the flake as well.

BERK-B3C415: CORE
A mesolithic to early Neolithic (c.8300 BC - c.2900 BC) flint bladelet core. The flint is light blue grey in colour has c.25% cortex still remaining and has some notable modern damage. It measures 43.07mm in length, 26.32mm wide and 18.56mm high. It weighs 22.29g.

BERK-B385E4: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Two Mesolithic (c.8300-3500 BC) flint implements. The larger flake, on the right in the photograph, is the retouched tip of a blade implement that has been broken at some point in the past. The flint measures 20.28mm in length, 16.97mm in width, is 3.51mm thick and weighs 1.56g. The smaller flake, on the left in the photograph, is a 'piercer'. There is evidence of retouching along the edges. It has been formed from a flake that was primarily a bladelet blank. The flint measures 15.71mm in length, is 13.66mm wide, has a thickness of 2.8mm and weighs 0.71g.

BERK-3FE0B2: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Late Mesolithic to possile early Neolithic flint tranchet axehead or adze. Ovoid in shape. The flint is mid-orange to dark brown in colour with some superficial traces of cortex remaining and a few thin ribbons of quartz inclusions. Overall the item is in very good condition with no notable modern damage.

BERK-7F3B90: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
1 flint chip. A waste product from lithic working which exhibits the typical bulb of percussion and striking platform. The flake has not been retouched and is therefore undiagnostic and difficult to date. A broad date range of Palaeolithic to Neolithc has therefore been given.

BERK-2E3702: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Lithic, waste flint flake of uncertain date (probably late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age: 2500-1500 BC). The dorsal (upper) face has one central prominent arise and the striking platform is clearly evident. On the ventral (lower) face the bulb of percussion is less clearly evident. The flint is of poor quality for knapping due to large irregular inclusions. 51.1g

BERK-5E6797: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A total of eight (8) primary flakes removed during core preperation. Two display hinge fractures, and all have bulbs of percussion. No additional working or retouch is evident. The combined weight of these primary flakes is 52.1gms. These fragments would normally be difficult to date should they have been found in isolation, but the associated lithic implements suggest that they date from the late Mesolithic to the Neolithic periods (6500 - 2100 BC). As with the majority of the assemblage, the grey-blue core and white cortex suggests a chalk downland origin as the flint source.

BERK-00A0F3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A non-formal tool made on a tertiary flake, possibly intended to be a knife. There are three flake removals on the dorsal ridge and retouch is present on the dorsal right side and the ventral right side, but it is not uniform. The raw material is a light grey flint and some white patina is starting to form. Possibly Neolithic or Bronze Age in date.The flake measures 57.77mm long, 13.94mm wide and 8.08mm thick. It weighs 6.1gms.

BERK-E10FC6: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
An early Neolithic end scraper made on a snapped secondary flake or blade. Retouch is present around the curved edge of the scraper on the dorsal side and an area of retouch on the ventral surface is small and contained to three seperate removals. The retained cortex may have aided grip during use. This end scraper measures 27.9mm long, 15.9mm wide and is 7.2mm thick. It weighs 3.6gms.

BERK-E12DB4: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A chisel-type arrowhead, sub-triangular in form made on a tertiary flake. Retouch is present on both dorsal and ventral sides along the lateral edges only. The flint is a light grey in colour and displays some whiter patches of patination. This arrowhead probably dates to the early Neolithic period. The arrowhead measures 34.5mm long, 36mm wide, 3mm thick and weighs 3.7gms.

BERK-E14128: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Neolithic tool, probably a side scraper of early Neolithic date. The tool is made on a secondary flake and retians c.35% cortex. The tool has been retouched bifacially along one edge. A hinge fracture can be sen at the proximal end, while the distal tip ends abruptly. The flint is semi-translucent, brown in colour with a creamy-white cortex. It is semi-circular in profile. The tool measures 35.7mm long, 24.8mm wide, 8.4mm thick and weighs 6.9gms.

BERK-ACB587: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A tertiary flake with a thick white patina and some possible retouching along one dorsal edge only, suggesting an ad-hoc use possibly as a blade / saw edge. The crudity of this flake suggests a possible Bronze Age date. The flake measures 70.24mm long, 20.69mm wide and 12.72mm thick. It weighs 19.8gms.

BERK-04C183: ARROWHEAD
An early Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead, kite shaped (after Green, Butler p123). The arrowhead is very fine and has been bifacially retouched. There is a small notch in one side which has also been retouched, suggested the damamge was caused during the production process and is not post-depositional damage. One end of the arrowhead has broken off and this is probably post-depositional damage. This arrowhead measures 23.95mm long, 13.62mm wide and is 3.48mm thick. It weighs 1.1gms.

BERK-04E5A8: ARROWHEAD
An early Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead, bifacially retouched to a high standard. This arrowhead is kite shaped, after Butler p123. This arrowhead measures 23.92mm long, 12.69mm wide and is 2.82mm thick. It weighs 0.9gms.

BERK-04F7D2: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Three Mesolithic microliths made from a bluish-grey flint with one example being covered in a thick white patina. All three examples have retouch restricted to the dorsal laterals only and all have a roughly triangular cross section. The combined weight of these small tools is 1.6gms.

BERK-A37103: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A collection of ten stone tool production flakes, all of a grey-brown coloured flint. The collection includes primary, secondary and tertiary flakes, with some displaying previous flake scars on their dorsal surfaces. All of these flakes probably date from the Neolithic period.

BERK-A38A80: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Neolithic end and side scraper made on a tertiary flake. There is some recortication evident. Thin flakes have been removed at the distal end on the scraper with the retouch extending from the nose around the lateral edge, restricted to the dorsal surface only. There has been some attempt to remove the bulb on the ventral side. This scraper measures 34.68mm long, 29.36mm wide and is 11.54mm thick. It weighs 12.2gms.

BERK-A3A7C3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A Neolithic end and side scraper made on a tertiary flake of grey-brown flint. Small flake removals and finishing retouch is restricted to the nose (distal) end and lateral edges of the dorsal surface only. The bulb and striking platform are retiained. This scraper measures 37.87mm long, 31.89mm wide and is 7.85mm thick. It weighs 11.8gms.

BERK-A3BE14: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Three retouched bladelets, each with minimal retouch along one dorsal lateral - one flake has a slightly serrated edge. All have previous flake scar removals, while only one retains part of the bulb. All of these flakes probably date to the Neolithic period. They have a combined weight of 5.6gms.

BERK-9A42D3: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A late Mesolithic to Neolithic saw / knife blade fragment made on a tertiary flake of a brown semi-translucent flint. The blade carries serrated retouch along one dorsal lateral with minimal retouch on opposite lateral. This blade appears to have broken in antiquity. The blade measures 24.79mm long, 16.47mm wide and is 4.33mm thick. It weighs 2gms.

BERK-9B76F2: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A large sub-circular Mesolithic scraper. A thick orange and white patina covers a grey core on the ventral side, while the dorsal surface is completely covered in cortex (a primary flake). There is some evidence of limited recortication. The scraper measures 51.68mm long, 48.59mm wide and is 14.90mm thick. It weighs 47.5gms.

BERK-9B9215: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A secondary flake from a grey, semi translucent flint. Minimal retouch on lateral edges confined only to the dorsal surface. Part of the platformm and bulb are retained. This piece of flint is very curved, almost from a hinge fracture piece. This flake measures 47.64mm long, 21.77mm wide and is 4.95mm thick. It weighs 5.9gms.

BERK-451124: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A group of five struck flint flakes; two secondary and three tertiary. All but two retain the striking platform and the bulb - one example has had the bulb removed. Only one of the flakes appears to have any purposeful retouch to it, and this is very minimal. A couple of the flakes show recent damage, probably from ploughing. This assemblage is hard to date but is likely to date from the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods. All are what could be described as production flakes, apart from the single example with minimal retouch, which could have been an ad-hoc (non-formal) tool. The assemblage weighs 25gms.

A end and side scraper made on a seconadry flake of a grey-brown semi translucent flint. The flake retains its bulb and platform, and the retouch is restricted to one lateral edge and part of the end of the dorsal side of the flake only. There is more modern damage evident on both the dorsal and ventral sides. This tool probably dates from the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age and measures 40.58mm long, 30.94mm wide and is 6.63mm thick. It weighs 11.3gms.

A Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowhead (3500-2500). No cortex remains on the surface and both faces have been fully reduced. The flake has an 'S' shaped profile. There is some modern edge damage. Mottled pale grey flint with some iron staining and opaque patina. Dimensions: length 32.21mm; width 16.87mm; thickness 4.52mm; weight 2.05g

A flint flake with deep secondary reworking along one edge. The reworking extends to the middle of the ventral surface. This is a ?scraper or a fragment of a larger tool. From the invasiveness of the reworking I suspect it is Bronze Age.

BERK-2B3542: HANDAXE
Upper Palaeolithic small flint handaxe of Wymer Type E, from the Devensian Glacial Stage. The handaxe is bifacially worked and has an opaque white patina covering the majority of its surface. Length: 53.44mm, width at widest point: 38.12mm, thickness at thickest point: 14.77mm, weight: 30.68g.

WILT-B075B6: FLAKE
Three Bronze Age flint flakes.

WILT-667BA8: FLAKE
Neolithic flint flake with 100% heavy patination. It measures 51.2x35.8x11mm and weighs 16.86g. The right dorsal edge has more recent damage showing a grey flint beneath the patination.

WILT-66F8E5: FLAKE
Neolithic flint flake with 100% heavy patination. It measures 53.3x25.6x9.5mm and weighs 10.80g. Damage at the distal end shows a dark/ black flint beneath. The elft dorsal edge has possible signs of working and/ or damage.

WMID4389: SCRAPER (TOOL)
The scraper is a sub semi-circular shape in plan. The rounded edge has been knapped on the dorsal surfacing, forming an oblique angle. The reverse is the ventral surface. The flint is a mottled grey/blue/white colour.

HAMP-CF2F28: ARROWHEAD
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, probably Late Neolithic in date (based on the most similar examples in Bond (2004, 147; ref. 180). One barb is broken with the point missing. The tang is relatively thick (6.9mm) and appears off centre due to a small chip. The point of the head is also snapped off.

HAMP-CFCF74: ARROWHEAD
A small leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, with small amounts of iron stain forming on the dorsal side. There is some patina on the right side of the dorsal side. On the ventral side there is a completely flat face; there are three clear faces on the dorsal. The point is broken off and there is a small chip in the left cutting edge, when looking at the dorsal face. The very deliberate leaf shape leads to the conclusion that this is an arrowhead rather than a microlith, and the date of Later Neolithic is suggested by a similar example, albeit more damaged, in Bond (2004, 142; ref. F140).

SUR-327FD2: SCRAPER (TOOL)
An neolithic flint scraper. The scraper has been worked around the distal end of a large flake. The flint has an overall white patina with iron staining.

SUR-325BE5: ARROWHEAD
An asymmetric neolithic flint arrowhead with an overall white patina.

Two poorly executed bladelet fragments. One has miscellaneous retoush on the right lateral edge, but otherwise both pieces are undiagnostic, although they will date from the late Neolithic through to the Bronze Age eras.

BERK-15BF67: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint flake fragment with extensive edge damage. Although this flake looks a bit like the beginnings of a tanged and barbed arrowhead, its condition and construction suggest that it has actually been produced and used as a gun flint, therefore dating to the Post-medieval period.

BERK-15A6D6: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Two late Neolithic / Bronze Age flints. 1: Scraper, crude in manufacture with some limited but concentrated retouch on the dorsal surface at the distal end. The scraper measures 22.97mm long, 30.15mm wide and is 8.17mm thick. It weighs 4.9gms. 2: Blade fragment, some previous surface removals evident but no retouching. The blade is broken, probably broken during manufacture. Undiagnostic later prehistoric. The blade fragment measures 40.16mm long, 20.20mm wide and is 7.44mm thick. It weighs 6.4gms.

A Neolithic nose scraper, make on a tertiary flake of a mottled grey flint. The retouch is restricted to the dorasl side of the scraper, mostly around the distal 'nose' end, although there is some limited retouch along part of one of the lateral edges. The bulb scar and part of the striking platform is retained on this example. The scraper measures 41.48mm long, 31.41mm wide and is 9.80mm thick (max.). It weighs 16.2 gms.

SUR-B64F55: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A short blade of coarse light brown flint with a thick triangular section. There appears to be secondary working along one edge.

SUR-B622D1: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A long thick triangular-section blade of pale grey iron-stained flint. The blade has secondary working along the lengths of both long sides as well as the tip.