Record ID: OXON-F2AD74
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Mesolithic flint adze or pick, dating from c. 10,000 to c. 3500 BC. This adze has been made on an elongated flint nodule of a mottled dark grey flint, now patinated white / light grey with evidence of recortification. Being broadly triangular in section this object can be described as a pick as well as an adze. The butt is squared in plan, the side taper gently and evenly towards the tip which is rounded. The adze is worn but is in good condition overall, with an area of post-depositonal damage around the butt.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bix', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-AB9254
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of c. 200 lithic implements of mostly Mesolithic date (c. 10000-4000 BC). Collection was found in the back garden of a house in Newbury during gardening activities and consists of blade and bladelet flakes and debitage, microliths and some retouched pieces. Further details follow. 1x straight backed piece (rare - recorded separately) 1x curved backed piece 1x worn microdenticulate 3x small oblique points 1x plunging flake 2x miscellaneous retouched pieces
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-AC822D
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A straight backed piece of final upper palaeolithic or early mesolithic date, c. 40,000-6,000 BC. This object is part of a larger assemblage of blade and bladelet flakes and debitage microliths and some retouched pieces (see OXON-AB9254) found in the back garden of a house in Newbury during gardening activities. The straight-backed point is made on a secondary flake of a semi-translucent light brown flint. The point has concaved basal retouch, some very fine retouch on the right lateral edge and covering retouch along the straight back. The piece is in very good condition with no appa…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-557EA1
Object type: CORE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later prehistoric flint expedient core made on a natural flint pebble. There are a couple of long, blade-like removals and a platform, but otherwise the flint has modern (agricultural) damage to the dorsal side. The reverse is smooth and approximately half of the pebble retains cortex.
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: OXON-7B5F86
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 re…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-7B8F6B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-E3257B
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-E83C0B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One flake of flint debitage of Mesolithic to Neolithic date (c. 8000 - 2400 cal BC). The piece is a secondary piece of flint that is mostly a matte white colour with occasional orange and brown small inclusions. Only a small portion of thin off white mottled cortex survives on the side of the flake's dorsal surface. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at least four earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface struck in the same direction as this flake. The reverse has none. At the proximal end of the ventral surface a shallow bulb of perc…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hailey CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-3361DE
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete Neolithic flaked and polished flint axe, dating to c.4000-2350 BC. The surviving axe is sub-triangular in form with a crescent blade edge on one side and an irregular horizontal break on the opposite side. The long edges expand from the rounded point to this wider broken terminal. The axehead is 6.5mm thick at the blade edge and expands along its surviving length to 26.9mm thick at the terminal. The axe's outside surfaces appear to have been polished slightly, however it is still possible to identify conchoidal ripples from multiple flake removals ac…
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-21E1B9
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 percuss…
Created on: Friday 4th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-ED8F31
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 remova…
Created on: Friday 2nd July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-EDEB2A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 surv…
Created on: Friday 2nd July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-EE21D3
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 …
Created on: Friday 2nd July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-536F7E
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worked flint pick of Neolithic date. The pick has been formed on a nodule of mottled grey/white flint with iron staining evident of the crests of the removals. The flint has been bifacially worked and a removal across the butt does look tranchet-like but on closer inspection this has been ruled out. The tip of the pick is has a large ridge behind it with multi-directional removals on the side of the tip. Suggested date Neolithic 4000-2000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-CED47C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-DA1073
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-D23516
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-B14214
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-B15B70
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-B17707
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.