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
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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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