Record ID: WMID-9670CE
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flint plano-convex knife of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 1400 BC). Around 50% of the knife is present, the rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The knife is of a sub pointed oval shape, with a flattened end. It has a D shaped cross section. It is a mid grey colour, with minimal surface patination. It has been made from a piece of tertiary debitage. Retouch is present along both edges on the dorsal surface. A probable shouldered notch is present at the top of the knife, with retouch on the ventral side. The retouch can be classified as: short / …
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-2CD9C1
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped flint naviform handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC) The handaxe exhibits working on both dorsal (upper) and ventral (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Debenath. A and Dibble, H. L.,1994, 126). Approximately 85% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 15% of the surface. The biface has a rhomboid shape with a thick butt in profile which thins towards the tip and is a cream/yellow colour. On the dorsal side, roughly central about 20 mm from the butt…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-3E7BB5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete flint handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). The biface has a trapezoidal shape with a thick rounded profile. Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. Cortex can be seen on both the dorsal and ventral sides, but mostly in the ventral's bottom right corner, from which the light grey cortex can be seen to en…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-D08116
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite subcordate biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 500, 000 BC to c. 150,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The biface has an ovoid shape with a slightly pointed tip and a thick rounded profile. The butt is made of smooth cortex. The interior right side about 1/4 from the butt has been ham…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-768044
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A thumbnail scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is formed on a fine, mid grey / black coloured good quality, tertiary flake of flint. The ventral face shows the bulb scar and point of percussion as well as conchoidal ripples; the prepared platform has been removed by subsequent flaking. The dorsal face has several removals / flake facets. These are most dense around the edge where a series of neat regular well applied secondary retouch can be seen. This has been well applied and forms a slightly serrated cutting / scraping edge that extends …
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
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Record ID: HESH-76E32B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large oval shaped end and side scraper formed on a large tertiary flake dating from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods (3500-2100BC). The scraper is formed from an oval shaped flake of relatively poor quality banded chert with a void on one edge formed from a softer inclusion within the chert matrix. The ventral face shows conchoidal ripples and the bulb of percussion . The dorsal face has a number of irregular and regular flake scars. The entire edge has been reworked / retouched with steep angled overlapping regular flakes creating by direct and indirect percussion creating…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
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Record ID: HESH-B2371B
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lithic implement in the form of a notched flint blade of earlyMesolithic date (9000 -8000BC) or early Neolithic (4000-.3300) date The blade is rectangular in plan and has a crested cross section. The blade has been struck from a prepared core in it's tertiary phase of working. The striking platform and bulb of percussion are present on the ventral face. Both long edges have been reworked - the right hand edge has a large notch which has been formed through retouch that can be best described as being short stepped and abrupt. Directly opposite this notch on the right hand edge on the v…
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-E65CB6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped flint thumbnail scraper of Late Mesolithic to Neolithic dating (6500 BC to 2200 BC). The thumbnail scraper is semi circular in shape, with a pointed oval cross section. It has been made from a piece of secondary debitage. There is deliberate thinning to the dorsal (upper) side. The dorsal side is covered with parallel sided retouch (covering, parallel, low angle). The cutting edge is slightly degraded and battered. It measures 16.9 mm in length, 20.7 mm wide and 7.2 mm thick. It weighs 2.4 g. The flint is dark brown colour with minimal surface pati…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-E68713
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete struck / knapped flint bladelet, made from tertiary debitage, of Mesolithic dating (9, 000 BC to 4, 000 BC). The bladelet is sub triangular in shape, with a triangular cross section. No bulb of percussion is present, as that end of the bladelet has been removed. No retouch present along the edges. A possible notch is present along one side, with no retouch present. It measures 25.4 mm in length, 12.7 mm wide and 4.2 mm thick. It weighs 1.1 g. The bladelet is a dark brown colour, with a small amount of surface patination present. Uncontrolled flaking, due to move…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B3CEDC
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped tertiary debitage flake, of probable Neolithic dating (c. 4,000 BC to c. 2, 350 BC). The debitage flake has a trapezoidal cross section, and is sub rectangular in shape. Minimal retouch is present along one of the long edges (short, subparallel, low angle). Faint remains of a bulb of percussion remain on the ventral surface. The flake has been made from a light grey flint, with a high degree of surface patination. Length: 33.1 mm Width: 20.2 mm Thickness: 5.2 mm Weight: 3.9 g Line on the photograph indicating the location of retouch.
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
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Record ID: FAKL-36A976
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flint scraper, Neolithic or Bronze Age, c. 4,000-1,200BC. Made from translucent, mid grey flint with some cortex showing that it was made from a flint cobble. Minimal retouch, short, scaled, semi-abrupt, on one edge. 32.3 x 25.1 x 14.8mm, Mass 9.84g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: WMID-F1D2CD
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished axehead, of Neolithic dating (c. 3300 BC to c. 2200 BC) The polished axehead has been made from a soft sedimentary stone, and it now exhibits a weathered surface. It is sub triangular in shape, with a pointed oval cross ection. The blade and the butt are incomplete, leaving the cutting edge in complete. Some flakes have been removed from the sides and the blade. It measures 155.0 mm in length, with a maximum width of 60.0 mm at the blade, and a minimum width of 22.0 mm at the butt. It is 28.6 mm thick. It weighs 297.3 g. The axehead is a mid grey colour, with …
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-71AB07
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete teritary debitage flake, of probable Mesolithic to Early Neolithic dating (6500 BC to 3500 BC). The flake is sub rectangular in shape, and triangular in cross section. A ridge runs the length of the dorsal (upper) surface. The remains of conchoidal ripples are present on the ventral (lower) surface. Controlled retouch is present along the upper left hand edge and can be classified as short, parallel, semi-abrupt. It measures 31.0 mm in length, 15.0 mm wide and 3.2 mm thick. It weighs 1.4 g. The flint is an off white colour, with some surface patination occurring.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-ECA405
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of four knapped flint lithic implements, dating from the Mesolithic – early Bronze Age, between 8300 – 1500 BC (collective weight: 24.1g).  One double ended and end scraper, dating to the Late Neolithic – early Bronze Age, between 2500 – 1500 BC (length: 38mm; width: 24.5mm; thickness: 11mm; weight: 9.5g). Slight bulb of percussion on ventral side; no ripples or ‘lunettes’; multiple arrises of dorsal side; retouch to top, left and right. Light grey/ off white in colour.  One knife, dating to the Neolithic period, between 3500 – 2100 BC (length: 36.5…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-ECB134
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete knapped flint leaf arrowhead, dating to the Neolthic period, between 3500 - 2100 BC (length: 28.5mm; width: 17.5mm; thickness: 3.5mm; weight: 1.8g). This leaf arrowhead is convex and in section and is bi-facially knapped, with particular extensive retouch on one side. The artefact has a light brown/ grey colour and is slghtly broken and its base.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-C51C17
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint or chert scraper. The flint or chert is a mid red/brown colour with red/beige patches. In plan it is a sub-drop shape. The dorsal face (the face with the most scars) has retouch around the side and lower edges, the base of the drop shape. The retouch is formed by long, narrow parallel negative scars. The angle of the retouch is c. 60 degrees. The ventral face (smooth face) has no retouch, but has bulbar scars as well as the bulb and concentric rings. The scraper, with the striking platform at the top, is 36.98mm long and is 28.64mm wide. It weighs 10.6g. The scraper…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Saturday 18th March 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-1EF044
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine items of flint debitage. The items are likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the mesolithic to the neolithic periods (c. 8300 BC to c. 2100 BC). 1. Flake. Light grey coloured flint. Length: 33.6mm. Width: 31.9mm. Thickness: 8.7mm. A ridge on the dorsal face, with cortex to one side (about 50%). Bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples on the ventral face. 2. Irregular waste/core fragment. Length: 53.6mm. Width: 42.2mm. Thickness: 17.9mm. Mass: 35.1g. Grey/brown coloured flint. One face consists of approximately 30% cortex. There are also negative flake scars and rid…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1EF771
Object type: RETOUCHED FORM
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint blade with retouch. Length 41.4mm; width: 27.1mm; thickness: 9.5mm; mass: 8.2g. The blade is broken at the distal end. The blade is partly coritical and dark grey and off white in colour. On the ventral face there is a bulb of percussion at the proximal end, with a small bulbar scar and ripples of the concoidal fracture running down the face. On the dorsal side there are multiple scars, and on one edge there is some invasive, retouch and a notch. It is unclear if the notch is an original feature or whether it represents damage. There are also some scars between t…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1F0172
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint flake. Length 29.1mm; width: 18.5mm; thickness: 5.9mm; mass: 2.9g. The blade is non-cortical and grey in colour. The blade has convex sides which run from a narrow proximal end to the wider broken base at the distal end. On the ventral face of the scarred (?retouch) narrow proximal end there is a bulb of percussion, with pronounced ripples of the concoidal fracture below this. One edge of the blade has some small scars on both dorsal and ventral faces, creating a mildly serrated edge. The other edge is a scarred ridge with a slight notch in it. The blade is likely to b…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1F0855
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint end and side scraper. Length 33.2mm; width: 22.8mm; thickness: 8.2mm; mass: 7.2g. The scraper is formed on a dark gray, almost black coloured secondary flint flake, with approximately 10% cortex remaining on one edge of the ventral side. There is abrupt retouch on part of one mesial edge and the distal end of the ventral side. The dorsal side has gentle ripples of the concoidal fracture, with a series of scars at the proximal end. There is also a large scar on one side of the distal end. The scraper is likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the mesolithi…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1F0F70
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint scraper. Length 25.0mm; width: 19.1mm; thickness: 9.9mm; mass: 3.8g. The scraper is formed on a light brown/off white coloured secondary flint flake, with approximately 20% cortex remaining on one side. There are multiple negative flake scars on the flatter side. The other face has semi-abrupt retouch covering the semi-circular distal end, between the cortex at one side, and the break at the other side. The scraper is likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the mesolithic period (c. 8,300 BC to c. 4,500 BC).
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1F15B4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper, probably dating from the late neolithic or early bronze age periods. Length 16.6mm; width: 17.9mm; thickness: 8.0mm; mass: 2.7g. The scraper is formed on a secondary grey coloured flint flake, with approximately 25% cortex remaining on the proximal end of the dorsal side. There is invasive retouch on the dorsal side, with the retouched edge stretching around much of the circumference, excluding the cortex covered proximal end. On the ventral face there is a diffuse bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture. There is also a sub-triangular n…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1EF146
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric knapped end-and-side scraper on a flint flake. Length: 29.9mm; width: 27.2mm; thickness: 6.5mm; mass: 5.7g. The ventral face has a diffuse bulb of percussion and a bulbar scar at the proximal end, with ripples of the conchoidal fracture visible at the distal end. On the dorsal face there are a series of narrow unidirectional negative flake scars and ridges, with semi-abrupt retouch on the distal end and almost the entire length of one edge. The flint flake is non-cortical is grey and black in colour. The scraper is likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the Mesol…
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shenstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-328EF3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint blade. Mass: 2.8g; length: 39.3mm; width: 12.9mm; thickness: 5.7mm. Prehistoric, possibly mesolithic. Grey/off-white flint. In plan, the blade tapers to a point at one end. Sub-triangular in section. Retouch on the pointed tip and the notch near to the flat end.
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croxden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C6C087
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint thumbnail scraper. Neolithic (3500BC - 2100BC). Mass: 2.3g; length: 16.8mm; width: 21.2mm; depth: 6.5mm. Primary dark grey/off white flint flake with retouch around much of the edge, covering approximately 40% of the dorsal face, with the remaining approximately 60% being cortical.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C6E3A3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped scraper on a grey flint flake. Mass: 2.6g; length: 22.0mm; width: 17.3mm; 6.8mm. Prehistoric, possibly Neolithic (3500BC-2100BC). Retouch on the dorsal face around the distal end and on one side.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C6EBA4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped transverse scraper on a grey flint flake. Neolithic or Bronze Age. Mass: 14.8mm; length: 36.2mm; width: 44.5mm; depth: 12.7mm. Bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Arrises and flake scars on the dorsal face with semi-abrupt retouch around the convex sides and distal end.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C6F272
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint flake. Probably Neolithic (3500BC-2100BC). Mass: 8.7g; length: 50.8mm; width: 18.2mm; thickness: 12.4mm. Approximately 25% cortex on the dorsal face, with an arris and unidirectional negative flake scars towards the sub-triangular sectioned proximal end. The distal end has a sub-D-shaped-cross section. The tool has retouch on both edges, particularly on the more convex edge of the dorsal face. The tool may have functioned as a piercer, and its retouched sides may have been utilised for cutting and scraping.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C6FC86
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint flake. Snapped. Prehistoric, Probably Mesolithic or Neolithic. Mass: 1.6g; length: 19.2mm; width: 16.4mm; depth: 5.2mm. Grey flint, approximately 25% cortex (which covers the proximal end and one side of the flake). Bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Semi-abrupt retouch on the (non-cortical) longest edge of the dorsal face, with a slight notch at the proximal end.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hammerwich CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C717F3
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint side-scraper with a notch. Prehistoric (Neolithic/Bronze Age, or plausibly Upper Palaeolithic). Mass: 11.0g; length: 44.0mm; width: 28.7mm; thickness: 10.3mm. Light brown flint, approximately 5% cortex (at the distal and proximal ends). Bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face, with a retouched notch on one edge towards the proximal end, and some retouch on the opposite edge. Arris and unidirectional negative flake scars on the dorsal face with extensive semi-abrupt retouch on the edge without the notch, and some retouch on the no…
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C72251
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint flake. Probably Neolithic. Light grey/off-white flint. Mass: 3.2g; length: 35.3mm; width: 22.1mm; thickness: 4.6mm. Ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Arrises and unidirectional flake/blade scars on the dorsal face, with retouch on all edges except the proximal end. There is a notch on one edge and the distal end narrows to a ?slightly incomplete tip, suggesting that the tool may have functioned as a notched scraper and piercer.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hammerwich CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C72CB0
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a flake. Probably Neolithic (3500 BC- 2100BC). Mass: 9.0g; length: 25.9mm; width: 26.5mm; thickness: 13.2mm. Grey flint. Bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Dorsal face is approximately 10% cortical, with negative flake scars with abrupt/semi-abrupt retouch around the edge other than at the proximal end.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C735C3
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a flake. Probably Neolithic (3500BC-2100BC). Mass: 6.1g; length: 23.2mm; width: 24.4mm; thickness: 11.5mm. Grey flint. Scarred bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Dorsal face is approximately 50% cortical, with negative flake scars with semi-abrupt retouch around the concave non-cortical edge.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C73EE7
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint flake. Mass: 3.2g; length: 26.3mm; width: 5.9mm; thickness: 6.4mm. Prehistoric, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age. Grey flint. Bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Multiple flake scars on the dorsal face, with approximately 5% brown cortex at the proximal end.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C74820
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a re-used flake. Probably Neolithic or Bronze Age. Mass: 4.6g; length: 23.4mm; width: 22.2mm; thickness: 9.3mm. Ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Dorsal face is approximately 50% cortical, with semi-abrupt retouch around the edge. Brown flint is patinated other than on the retouched edges indicating that this was a re-used flake.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-384784
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five prehistoric worked flints recovered from the same area. The flints are Neolithic to early Bronze Age in date. One flint is a scraper on a flake, exhibiting retouch along both lateral edges and the distal end. It measures 31.31 mm long 26.18 mm wide, 10.05 mm thick and weighs 10.1 grams. The flint used is pale to dark grey in colour. A second flake may also have been used as a scraper, and this one also has retouch along both lateral edges and its distal end. It measures 22.95 mm long, 20.95 mm wide, 5.61 mm thick and weighs 2.6 grams. The flint used is a pal…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F6CC76
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint object, probably a Neolithic or Bronze Age scraper. The flint appears to have a bulb of percussion and bulb scar at the proximal end, and retouch has been applied to the distal end, applied from both ventral and dorsal faces. The flint is a cream to grey colour with ochre brown in places. The flint is not clearly diagnostic of a closely defined prehistoric period, and is likely to be Neolithic or Bronze Age in date, dating from circa 4000 to 1500 BC. If more diagnostic artefacts were recovered from the same area, this might allow suggestion of a more closely define…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th December 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-166854
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric knapped flake, probably of Neolithic or early Bronze Age in date. The flint has a clear bulb of percussion at the proximal end as well as a striking platform. There are also negative scars on the dorsal surface where other flakes have been removed. Possibly very fine retouch is visible on the left edge, although this may have been caused by abrasion. The tip has been broken off, and judging by the even patina on the flake this seems to have occurred some time ago, although whether this occurred in prehistory is difficult to determine. The flint is a mottled ochre brown i…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-64FD24
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular knapped piece of blade-like debitage dated provisionally to the later Mesolithic period (6500-4500 BC). The debitage has a small area of cortex on the upper edge - suggesting that it has been struck from the outer edge of a core. One long edge has abrupt retouch applied with a hard hammer, although this may be a bi-product of movement within the ploughsoil. The blade measures 23.3mm length, is 13.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick; it weighs 1.27 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-DCC1B6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked flint flake of prehistoric date. The flake has a clear bulb of percussion and striking plaform at the proximal end as well as a bulbar scar on the ventral face. The flake exhibits what may possibly be retouch on both left and right edges, although there is a strong possibility that this 'retouch' is the result of accidental damage caused during use of the flake as a cutting tool or even after deposition.This is suggested by its slightly irregular spacing with only small areas of both sides exhibiting retouch, along with a lack of any clear functional reason for the applicato…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-EF4901
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small waste dominated lithic assemblage of five blades/flakes, found scattered over a field (approx 100m2). The blades/flakes appear to be at least partially incomplete, and the absence of patina on some edges suggests that some damage may be recent, possibly from ploughing. 1. Blade(?), incomplete, brown/grey flint, 0% cortex, light patina. Three scars on the dorsal face, length 23.1mm, width 12.0mm, thickness 6.6mm, mass 2.03g; 2. Blade, incomplete, brown/grey flint, 5% cortex, light to moderate patina on approximately 10% of the surface, length 23.7mm, width 15.2mm, thickness…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-9999C2
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake, with retouch on the distal end, possibly dating from the neolithic period (3500 BC to 2100 BC). The function of the tool is uncertain. This is a secondary flake, with approximately 10% cortex on the dorsal surface. At the proximal end is the striking platform. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion, and ripples of the conchoidal fracture run down the surface. Ripples on the dorsal surface are broadly unidirectional. Viewed in plan, the distal end is uneven. There is a projection to one side, with retouch on both sides of the distal edge (low angle of retouch,…
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hill Ridware', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9AF4B7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small waste dominated lithic assemblage of ten probably mesolithic (8300BC to 4500BC) worked flints, found scattered over a field (approx 100m2). Some of the flints are incomplete; some damage appears recent, possibly from ploughing. 1. Blade, largely complete but the distal tip is missing, black/brown flint, approximately 10% cortex, incomplete bulb of percussion and shallow ripples of the conchoidal fracture on the ventral face. Negative scars on the dorsal face are unidirectional. Length 26.3mm, width 11.8mm, thickness 4.5mm, mass 1.4g. 2. Blade, incomplete (recent (?) break a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F7B580
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A largely complete disc scraper, fabricated from a broad, squat flint flake, probably from the later neolithic or early bronze age. In plan the scraper is broadly circular, with a flat striking platform at the proximal end. In profile, the scraper has two convex sides which meet at the distal end, with the flat striking platform at the proximal end. The convex ventral face is formed by a bulb of percussion with a bulbar scar at the proximal end, and gentle ripples of the conchoidal fracture visible towards the distal end. There are some fractures on the perimeter of the ventral face, b…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
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Record ID: WMID-926EE1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint long bladed and backed knife, probably dating from the Mesolithic – Late Neolithic period, between 8000 – 2200 BC (length: 93mm; width: 22mm; thickness: 9mm; weight: 20.71g). The artefact has faintly visible ripples or ‘lunettes’ down its length on the ventral side, although the bulb of percussion and additional scars are not present. On the dorsal side of the knife, there is one main and central arrise with some retouch at the top left edge. There is extensive and multiple retouch down the right side edge, which continues down to the tip, where r…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-3C67A8
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake with probable retouch. Possibly Neolithic - Iron Age. Mass: 12.6g; length: 56mm, width: 24mm; thickness: 12mm. Brown and off-white flint. There is a conchoidal fracture radiating from a point towards the distal end of the ventral face - possibly a weak point at which the flint fractured. An aris runs down the centre of the dorsal face. There is probable retouch at the distal end, on the tip and on the prjection on one edge of the of the ventral face, and also at the proximal end. There are other scars which represent damage from the time the flake spent in the ground.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3D6F11
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three prehistoric flint flakes. (1) Orange/brown flint with cortex on one side. L: 27mm, w: 9mm; th: 5mm; mass: 0.9g (2)Orange/brown flint. L: 15mm; width: 10mm; th: 1mm; mass: 0.2g. (3) Light grey flint. L: 9mm; w: 8mm; th: 1mm; mass: <0.1g.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3D8113
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a flake. Prehistoric, probably neolithic/bronze age. Sub-semi-circular in plan. Grey flint, with approximately 10% cortex on the dorsal face. Ventral face has the bulb of percussion. On the dorsal face there is a negative flake scar at the proximal end and retouch around the semi-circular edge distal end and sides. Mass: 4.8g; length: 19.3mm; width: 27.6mm; depth: 11mm.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3D8790
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint primary flake. Prehistoric, probably neolithic/bronze age. Mass: 7.3g; length: 27.8mm; width: 21.7mm; thickness: 11.9mm. The dorsal face is cortical. There are negative flake scars on the ventral face and possibly some retouch at the wider end.
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-E96BF0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Snapped knapped flint blade of probable later Mesolithic or earlier Neolithic date (4500 – 3500 BC). The flint is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The ventral (reverse) face has a distinct bulb of percussion and conchoidal fractures; a slight striking platform is present on the heel of the flake. The dorsal face show several flake scars. There is a little abrupt retouch to the long edges on the dorsal face, although this could easily be caused in the ploughzone through tumble. The flint is a mid greyish brown colour with a series of flaws and different co…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-8663E5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Neolithic flint leaf shaped arrowhead. The arrowhead is of ogival type, with a rounded butt which tapers to a point. The arrowhead is convex, with a rounded dorsal face and a flat ventral face. Retouch has been applied to both faces of the arrowhead, although only partially, and the retouch does not cover the whole of the surface of the arrowhead as seen on the most elaborately worked examples. The arrowhead is now quite worn and the edges are not as sharp as they would once have been. The flint has a pale grey to cream patina. The piece measures 38.03 mm in length, 15.5 mm wi…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-767034
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint scraper on a flake. Prehistoric, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age. Mass: 6.59g; length: 32.6mm; width: 29.3mm; depth: 9.5mm. Ventral face has the bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture, with 10% cortex to one side of the proximal end. Dorsal side has negative flake scars and retouch around the concave edge.
Created on: Friday 10th July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wall CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-773214
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Snapped knapped flint tool, possibly a fragment of a knife. Mass: 1.20g; width: 24.6mm; length: 16.7mm; depth: 3.8mm. Prehistoric, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age. Grey flint. Thin sectioned with retouch on one edge of the dorsal face. Ventral face has ripples of the conchoidal fracture.
Created on: Friday 10th July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wall CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-5BEAC0
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint flake. Prehistoric (probably Mesolithic to Bronze Age). Brown flint. Mass: 3.1g; length: 29.5mm; width: 21.4mm; thickness: 6.3mm. On the ventral face there is a bulb of percussion and ripples of the conchoidal fracture. On the dorsal face there are negative flake scars and small areas of cortex (<5%) at the distal and proximal ends. Approximately 60% of the dorsal face is patinated.
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C7E642
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped secondary flint flake knapped from an opaque mid brown coloured flint. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion, bulbar scars and concentric ripples. The dorsal surface has three deep scars forming a prominent ridge. This is probably a core rejuvenation flake. The flake weighs 3.39g and measures 34.3mm long, 16.64mm wide and 7.49mm thick. This is probably a core rejuvenation flake dating to the Neolithic to early Bronze Age (-2500 to -1500).
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B31673
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end scraper dating from the Neolithic – Early Bronze Age. The flint is pale-mid grey with a small patch of cortex at the butt where it has been struck from the core. The tool is roughly tear shaped; the wide rounded end is finely worked into a scraping tool on the dorsal face. There is some further retouch down the left and right dorsal edges but this does not appear to be for use as a scraping edge. The scraper weighs 7.66g and measures 40.41mm in length, 23mm in width and 7.88mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B4BAD4
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end scraper dating to the Neolithic – Early Bronze Age. The flint is honey coloured with a small patch of cortex at the distal end of the ventral face. The tool is roughly oval in shape; unusually, the curved proximal end (as opposed to the distal end) of the dorsal surface bears the fine retouch forming the scraping edge. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion at the proximal end and terminates in a hinge fracture at the distal end. The scraper weighs 4.26g and measures 27.03mm in length, 20.19mm in width and 8.36mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B4C108
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Long worked flint blade dating to the Mesolithic period. The blade is mid-brown in colour and displays a double dorsal ridge. There is some fine retouch along the left dorsal edge. The left ventral edge also has some fine retouch in a localised area which has created a small semi-circular notch about a third of the way up the edge from the proximal end. The piece has been labelled by the finder and has a shiny fixative on the ventral face. The blade measures 60.1mm in length, 14.3mm in width and 6.86mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B4D444
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint thumbnail scraper made from a flake and dating to the late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age. The scraper is sub-oval in shape with a finely retouched curved edge on the dorsal face. There is a small patch of cortex on the dorsal face and a V shaped butt area where the original flake was struck off the core. The ventral surface has a pronounced bulb of percussion with ripples radiating from this point across the surface. There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper weighs 3.57g and measures 23.4mm in length, 19.4mm in width and 7.78mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B4E4B1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper dating from the late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age. The scraper is semi-circular in shape with a finely retouched section of curved edge on the dorsal face. The scraper appears to have been broken so that part is missing – this may be plough damage. There is a patch of cortex on the dorsal face at the butt. The ventral surface shows the bulb of percussion with ripples radiating from this point across the surface. There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper weighs 3.87g and measures 24.9mm in length, 15.7mm in width and 9.3mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B4F407
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
End and side scraper probably dating to the Early Bronze Age. The scraper is oval shaped and the dorsal face has been worked almost across the whole surface. The retouch is continuous around the edge of the tool. The ventral surface shows a pronounced bulb of percussion with ripples radiating from this point across the surface. There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper weighs 8.86g and measures 31.8mm in length, 22.8mm in width and 10.3mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B4FF08
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint tool, probably a scraper, dating from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. The tool is sub-oval in shape with one curved retouched edge. The tool appears to be bifacially worked although this may be simply a result of wear. The tool weighs 5.4g and measures 28.9mm in length, 19.8mm in width and 9.4mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B50571
Object type: SIDE SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint side scraper probably dating to the Neolithic. The scraper is roughly tear shaped with one finely retouched scraping edge. The bulb of percussion is clear on the ventral surface. There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper weighs 7.57g and measures 39.1mm in length, 26.5mm in width and 7.9mm in thickness and is knapped from honey coloured flint.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B51142
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Retouched flint blade, possibly dating from the Mesolithic – Neolithic. The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and has a curved section. There is some limited retouch around the edges and the tool may have been used as a knife. The blade weighs 5.06g and measures 41.9mm in length, 14.9mm in width and 11.2mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B55813
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small leaf shaped flint flake. The flake has no retouch and has been subject to heat, indicated by the cracked cortex. The flake has a double dorsal ridge and the ventral face is rough and cracked – again probably as a result of fire. The flake weighs 3.17g and measures 28.46mm in length, 16.9mm in width and 6.6mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B55FE5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade dating from the late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The blade is leaf shaped and has a sharp piercing end which is slightly worn. The tool weighs 2.75g and measures 36.3mm in length, 16.6mm in width and 5.4mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B617B4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake, probably dating to the Neolithic period. The flake is pale grey in colour and has some crude retouch around the dorsal edges. There is a small patch of cortex at the butt of the flake. The flake weighs 9.27g and measures 42.14mm in length, 29.5mm in width and 6.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B620F3
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint flake with no retouch. The flake is likely to be a waste flake from the reduction process. The flake measures 31.4mm in length, 16mm in width and 2.47mm in thickness and weighs 1.6g.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B62887
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, probably late Mesolithic to Neolithic. The blade has a strip of cortex up the right dorsal edge and a curved proximal end with some retouch. The blade may have been used as a cutting implement. The blade weighs 2.64g and measures 35.9mm in length, 14.5mm in width and 4.3mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B635D7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade, probably late Mesolithic to Neolithic. The blade has a squared distal end with a sharp corner possibly used as a piercing tool. The blade may have been used as a cutting implement. The blade weighs 3.31g and measures 40.7mm in length, 16.9mm in width and 4.7mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SWYOR-B645D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraping tool or knife. The tool (sometimes known as slug knives) is finely worked across almost the entire dorsal face. On the ventral surface there is a small patch of bifacial working along the left edge. The tool is leaf shaped and curved. It weighs 11.24g and measures 57.1mm in length, 24.5mm in width and 7.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-593C51
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of twenty-nine knapped flint waste flakes or debitage, probably dating to the Neolithic period between 4000 – 2200 BC (collective weight: 117.57g). None of these flakes/ debitage appear to have a bulb of percussion or radial scars visible, although ripples or ‘lunettes’ are evident on most pieces indicating the force of the striking or knapping and some have multiple arrises. Additionally, there is little evidence of finer knapping along the surfaces of the flakes in order to produce a sharper working edge.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C66CE3
Object type: AWL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint probable awl or piercer (re-used from an earlier flake), dating to the Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age period, between 3000 – 1800 BC (length: 40.5mm; width: 23mm; thickness: 7mm; weight: 5.8g). There appears to be a multiple bulbs of percussion at the top of the ventral side of the artefact, as well as notches to the left and right. On the dorsal side, the artefact terminates with a pointed piercer at the top and retouch predominantly to the left and right, as well as at the rounded bottom end. A piercer can be defined as a borer form (with a narrow p…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C6C5D5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint circular scraper (that appears to have been adapted from a core rejuvenation flake, dating to the Neolithic period between 4000 – 2200 BC (diameter: 19mm; thickness/ height: 12mm; weight: 4.6g). There is no indication of a bulb of percussion or ripples/ ‘lunettes’ on the ventral side of the scraper, and there are multiple arrises on the dorsal side. The retouched edge appears around the circumference of the artefact, with large and more extensive retouched areas down one side in particular. The form of circular scrapers is found across a broader date r…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C6E011
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint thumbnail scraper, formed on a flake, dating to the late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age, between 3000 – 1800 BC (length: 23mm; width: 20mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 3.2g). On the ventral side of the scraper, there is a bulb of percussion with an eraillure scar and ripples or ‘lunettes’ radiating down and outwards from the feature. On the dorsal side, there are three main arrises with retouched edges to the left and top of the artefact. The retouched edge on thumbnail scrapers tends to be around the circumference, o near total edge, of the flake blank.…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C71036
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly incomplete knapped flint possible oblique arrowhead, dating to the Neolithic period between 4000 – 2200 BC (length: 35mm; width: 15mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 2.6g). On the ventral side of the artefact, only part of the bulb of percussion remains, with faint ripples or ‘lunettes’ radiating downwards. On the dorsal side, there are no distinctive or clear arrises, although there is muiltple fine knapping across the surface, particularly down the left and right edges as well as the tip. An oblique arrowhead is an asymmetrical and sub-triangular arrowhead form, made by …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C73A53
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint miscellaneous retouched flake with a notch on the right side, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age, between 1150 – 800 BC (length: 27mm; width: 19mm; thickness: 4mm; weight: 2.3g). On the ventral side of the artefact, there is a bulb of percussion, with radial scars extending outwards from an incomplete eraillure scar, as well as multiple radiating ripples or ‘lunettes’ below and running down the length of the flake towards the distal end. On the dorsal side, there are two arrises with small amounts of retouch on the left side. As mentioned above, t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-C75492
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flake, dating to the Neolithic period, between 4000 – 2200 BC (length: 41.5mm; width: 18mm; thickness: 7mm; weight: 4.6g). On the ventral side of the flake, a slight bulb of percussion remains with an eraillure scar. No radiating ripples or ‘lunettes’ remain. On the dorsal side, there are multiple arrises (three or four) running down the length of the artefact with some infrequent retouched areas down the left side. A flake, according to Bond, C, J, 2004 ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics, Version 1’, page 202, is an…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-D72545
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flake, dating to the Neolithic period, between 4000 – 2200 BC (length: 27mm; width: 17.5mm; thickness: 3mm; weight: 1.5g). On the ventral side of the flake, a slight bulb of percussion remains with an eraillure scar. No radiating ripples or ‘lunettes’ are visible. On the dorsal side, there are no arrises and no retouched areas. A flake, according to Bond, C, J, 2004 ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics, Version 1’, page 202, is any material removed from a core, but not exceeding blade proportions in maximum length and …
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-D73EB4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint blade, dating from the late Mesolithic – early Neolithic period, between c. 6500 – 2900 BC (length: 27.5mm; width: 16mm; thickness: 3.5mm; weight: 1.4g). On the ventral side of the artefact, there is a bulb of percussion with two eraillure scars and multiple radiating ripples or ‘lunettes’ below and running down the length of the flake towards the distal end. On the dorsal side, there are three main arrises, but there is no retouch along the edges. A blade, according to Bond, C, J, 2004 ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lith…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DB1296
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint probable circular scraper, dating to the Neolithic period, between 4000 – 200 BC (diameter: 33mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 4.7g). There is retouch on both sides of the scraper, which is particularly evident on one side where the retouch runs around its circumference. The artefact has been broken across the centre. The flint is dark brown/ grey in colour. According to Bond, C, J, 2004 ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics, Version 1’, page 206, a scraper is ‘a retouched form that retains an edge, by retouching to an a…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DB5206
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flake, probably dating to the Neolithic period, between 4000 – 2200 BC (length: 18mm; width: 14.5mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 1.2g). On the ventral side of the artefact, there is a distinctive bulb of percussion with some radial scars extending outwards from the striking platform. Faint ripples or ‘lunettes’ are also visible. On the dorsal side, there are three main arrises but no retouch is noticeable. A flake, according to Bond, C, J, 2004 ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics, Version 1’, page 202, is any material re…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-837197
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead (length: 38mm; width: 29mm; thickness: 4mm; weight: 3.67g). A finely knapped artefact (particularly along the edges) forming a sharply pointed tip as well as particularly square barbs and the base of the arrowhead is convex in plan. The barbs are slightly shorter than the tang and angle upwards to the right on the outside edge. This arrowhead has clear parallels with those of the Conygar Hill types which are present through-out Britain (Stephen Green, 1980, pages 117, 123 & 127, figs 46 & 50). The barbed and tanged arrowheads are largely dated to th…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
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Record ID: WMID-E46055
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead (length: 24.7mm; width: 17.2mm; thickness; 5mm; weight: 1.79g) with a possibly broken straight end and pointed tip. The surface of both sides has been pressure-flaked with knapping on the curved sides of the lenticular cross-section , working from the centre and projecting outwards. There is a substantial amount of trimmed working along the edges and pointed tip. Leaf-shaped pressure-flaked arrowheads are the high point of the earlier English Neolithic flint industry. They usually have a flat or lenticular cross-section and are asymmetrical in shape, wi…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: WMID-239DC2
Object type: TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A transverse arrowhead, probably of petit tranchet type (length: 20mm; width: 18mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 2.02g). The narrower end is what the shaft would have been connected. There has been extensively knapping on all three sides apart from the narrow end to create a sharp edge. There are three principal types defined as transverse arrowheads defined by typological analysis. These are the petit tranchet, chisel and oblique types. It is uncertain when petit tranchets were first manufactured in Britain. Some may perhaps date to the Mesolithic period, but most of the Mesolithic site…
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2014
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Record ID: WMID-363326
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic scraper and blade dating between 4000-2200 BC (length: 38mm; width: 37.7mm; thickness: 10.5mm; weight: 11.19g). The bulb of percussion on the ventral side is clearly evident with a slight eraillure scar running downwards by 12mm with few radiatting ripples or 'lunettes' running down the tool's length. There are small radial scars running outwards to the sides from the striking platform and bulb also indicating the pressure of impact. The flint has been pressure-knapped from the ventral to create flaking scars/ re-touch on the dorsal down the right side. One area of thes…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-36A663
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint blade, dating between 4000-2200 BC (length: 28mm; width: 28.2mm; thickness: 11mm; weight: 8.70g). The bulb of percussion is clearly visible on the ventral side below the striking platform with only slight and sparse radiatting ribbles or 'lunettes'. There does also appear to be possible radial scars radiatting outwards from the bulb. On the dorsal, there is a line of off-white cortex along the left side with a large flaking scar in the centre running nearly to the end of the tool's length. A curved/ smei-circular blade to the right side on the dorsal which continu…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-37BC22
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint scraper, dating from 4000-2200 BC (length: 27.2mm; width: 20.5mm; thickness: 8.5mm; weight: 4.68g). There is no visible striking platform and only slight evidence of the bulb of percussion in the top left corner on the ventral side with numerous fine radiatting ripples or 'lunettes' covering the length of the flint. There is a large flaking scar from the top right side of the dorsal creating a ridge down the centre. Pressure flaking from the ventral side has created small abundant flaking scars/ re-touch at the top, down the left side and at the bottom. The patina…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-3858C8
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint flake, dating from 4000-2200 BC (length: 27.5mm; width: 27.5mm; thickness: 4mm; weight: 3.93g). The striking platform and bulb of percussion are clearly visible, as is a eraillure scar running partly down the length of the flake by 10mm. Numerous slight radiatting ripples or 'lunettes' also appear down the length of the flake. Pressure flaking on the ventral side has produced flaking scars around most of the dorsal's edges, apart from at the very top near the striking platform. There is a single slight arrise to the left on the dorsal side. Overall, the flake is …
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-38E9E8
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint flake with re-touch, dating from 4000-2200 BC (length: 25mm; width: 28.5mm; thickness: 11mm; weight: 7.03g). The bulb of percussion is missing from the ventral side as the flint appears to be broken (as it also seems to be at the opposite end). However, there are still numerous radiatting ribbles or 'lunettes' running down the flint's length, therefore indicating where the bulb would have been. There are flaking scars down the left side of the ventral. Pressure flaking on the ventral created numerous flaking scars on the left side working edge of the dorsal. Ther…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-A91B15
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible worked flint possible blade (length: 53.7mm; width: 17.5mm; thickness: 8.1mm; weight: 7.43g). General working is recognisable on the dorsal and ventral. The bulb of percussion is no longer visible on the ventral, but some ripples or 'lunettes' are still visible running down the flint's length. There are smaller worked areas along the left side of the ventral. Part of the core is still visible at one end.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-A99C55
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four worked flint flakes/ debris (collective weight: 6.76g), all showing ripples or 'lunettes' on the ventral sides. No evidence of the bulb of percussion remains on any of them, and part of the core remains on the largest piece. There is no evidence of re-working to the sides, signifying that they are most likely to be waste.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-AA1068
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two worked flint possible scrapers (collective weight: 19.09g). On both dorsals, there are multiple arrises with faint ripples or 'lunettes' showing on the ventral. Some re-working along the edges is visible. Part of the core is still left on one of the examples.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-BA82F1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well-worked flint core with evidence of knapping all over (23mm x 21.8mm x 18.2mm; weight: 9.33g). The dorsal is quite high, while the ripples or 'lunettes' are still visible on the ventral side, as is the bulb of percussion and eraillure scar.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-BE6B70
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four worked flakes/ flint debris (collective weight: 33.10g).
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-BE9084
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable flint button scraper (25.3mm x 18.8mm; thickness: 6.1mm; weight: 3.49g). General working all over the surface and slightly along one of the edges, indicating its use as a cutting tool. Along the dorsal, there are three main arrises. On the ventral side, there are multiple ripples or 'lunettes' radiatting from one particular side where the bulb of percussion is no longer visible.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-B44ED7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake (19.9mm x 14.2mm; thickness: 1.9mm; weight: 0.75g) with the bulb of percussion and eraillure scar on the ventral side showing the force of the main impact. There are also ripples or ‘lunettes’ radiating out from the bulb and a small amount of re-touch to the right side. On the dorsal side, there are two main arrises to the right and left, with another strike to the right and ‘lunettes’ running down the length of the artefact.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-5A23C7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped two-edged probable flint blade, broken at both ends (length: 29.1mm; width: 20.1mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 3.80g). This flint has been re-touched heavily on the dorsal side to either side of the artefact’s length to create sloped sharp edges. There are no specific arrises on the dorsal due to the large amount of pressure flaking. The breaks at either end could well be recent. Ripples or ‘lunettes’ are clearly visible running down the ventral, illustrating the force and impact when the flake was struck. This blade dates to the Neolithic period between 4000-2200 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-5A8171
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four flint debris or waste (microliths?) (lengths ranging from 23-33mm; collective weight: 4.32g). All of them have been struck once or twice on the dorsal to create one main arrise, including some evidence of re-touch on two of the artefacts. On the ventral side, the ripples or ‘lunettes’ or clearly visible illustrating the force of the impact. Probably dating to the Mesolithic period between 8000-4000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-5AB4F3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five pieces of flint debris or waste (collective weight: 8.28g). On most of these pieces, they have been a number of times on the dorsal side creating multiple arrises as well as some having ‘re-touched’ surfaces on the ventral side particularly. However, there is no indication that these pieces were in the process of being made into a particular tool.
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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