Record ID: NMS-E01F25
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete ovate or cordate handaxe of Wymer's (1999) type J or K. Invasive soft hammer percussion to both faces, removing all trace of the cortex and/or any trace of the original blank (frost fracture, large flake or flat nodule). The flint is patinated a pale off-white with faint yellowish mottles, both faces have a few spots of iron stains. The flint is cracked by thermal (frost) exposure, the cracks are more extensive on one face than the other, and is responsible for the loss of the tip, the breaks followed the crack lines and are patinated the same as the rest of the handaxe, in…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DF5433
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short, stout axe of off-white patination with the coarse inclusions now light grey in appearance, with spotty iron stains to both faces, mostly to the high points. All flake removals are hard hammer struck, the flaking angles to the edges are at 90 degrees so many removals have repeatedly terminated in step or hinges, the edges are not ground after flaking. The cutting edge is only slightly convex and is very likely to have been reshaped from an originally longer axe, presumably after damage to the original cutting edge has occurred from use. The patination is complete and unmarred…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DEF890
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of slightly iron oxide stained pale grey flint, graduating to black from one end to the other. With patination pale streaks to the ventral face only. Unusually, the proximal end is steeply retouched on alternating edges to form the piercer or borer. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DEC32F
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake of unpatinated black flint, with thin cortex to the platform and an old whitish frost fractured area to half of the dorsal face. Flake terminates in a slightly irregular hinge, and one lateral edge is steeply retouched towards the distal end. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DEA708
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated dark grey flint with pale, coarse inclusions and thin weathered cortex to the dorsal face. Steep retouch to the distal end. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DE7DC2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mid-grey flint with thin, weathered cortex extant to the dorsal face, one edge is steeply retouched to form a side scraper. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DE4FDA
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch to the distal end and one side creating a slightly offset scraping edge. Neolithic.
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-CB6545
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of slightly patinated mottled grey flint with faint iron oxide stains. Struck from a core with at least two platforms. One edge steeply retouched, with a broad, semi-circular notch (c. 15 mm wide) also steeply retouched at the mid-point to the edge without cortex, above this is another notch (c. 10 mm wide) constructed in the same fashion. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-CB483C
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, cortex covered nodule with direct percussion to one end, and to both faces, steep on one face, and invasive to the other, unpatinated black flint with cortex stained slightly by iron oxides. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-CB253E
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged arrowhead, of Green's (1980) Kilmarnock type, with the pointed tang exceeding the length of the barbs, all three elements appear to be undamaged, the point however is broken transversely in antiquity. Both faces are entirely covered with invasive pressure flaking, overlapping neatly at the centre, with good symmetry overall. The flint is pale grey, with small, fine, white inclusions, both faces have small, pale iron stains. Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2018
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A4C36D
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic axe or adze, flaked from a large thermal (frost) fracture, now patinated mottled brown and black with white inclusions within the flint. Semi-bifacially flaked with hard hammer percussion, with areas of the the original blank remaining unworked on both faces. The butt is broken transversely in antiquity, possibly from end shock during use. The cutting edge is flaked centrepetally, unusually without a tranchet blow.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-A49A05
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary hard hammer struck blade-like flake, of unpatinated black flint with minimal steep retouch to the distal tip. Possibly Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A47D74
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Primary, hard hammer struck thick flake, of dark grey flint now with a thin pale patchy patination. Bulb invasively removed on the ventral face, one side has large flakes removed, the opposing edge is steeply retouched in the conventional fashion for a scraper. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A41A71
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal end of a secondary, soft hammer struck blade, of white patinated flint, recently broken transversely by a bending fracture, now showing the original black flint colour within. Old, patinated use wear to the lateral edge without cortex. Possibly a broken long blade from the Late (Final) Upper Palaeolithic. 12,000 to 10,000 BC.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A3E37D
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two blades: - Proximal end of a tertiary blade, distal end broken transversely in antiquity, mottled flint now patinated pale brown, fine edge wear and recent damage to both lateral edges. 36 x 17 x 4.5 mm. Possibly Early Neolithic. Secondary semi-hard hammer struck blade, steep,scaled retouch to the non-cortex edge. 42 x 16 x 4 mm. Neolithic.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A3BC8A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three flake tools: - Early bronze age "thumbnail" scraper, secondary, hard hammer struck, of unpatinated dark grey flint with steep retouch to the distal end and both sides forming an almost circular planform. 20 x 21 x 6 mm. Neolithic to Bronze Age scraper, primary, hard hammer struck flake with steep retouch to the distal end and both lateral edges, slightly elongated in planform. Mottled grey flint that has been burnt after production. 39 x 28 x 9 mm. Undiagnostic late Prehistoric; proximal end of a hard hammer struck flake, of unpatinated dark grey flint. both lateral edg…
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A391CC
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary,hard hammer struck flake, unpatinated black flint with some fine use wear or damage to one lateral edge. Neo to BA.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A37E1D
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, semi-hard hammer struck small flake, mottled grey flint with pale patination with a small amount of spotty iron staining. Neolithic.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A3668B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake, distal end extant. Of unpatinated dark grey to black flint, with steep retouch to the distal tip. Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A3200E
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake, of mid-grey flint with a mottled white patination, distal end missing due to a flaw within the flint, both lateral edges are steeply retouched along the dorsal face. Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4.001 to -700 BC.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 8th April 2018
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