Record ID: PUBLIC-4A3FC6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin hard hammer struck flake of dark grey and brown flint with cream flakes. The left margin is pebble cortex. The platform edge remains on the dorsal proximal end and is abraded with fine bladelets removed. The right margin is sharp and of dihedral plan. The upper section has slight retouch, seen from the ventral side and the lower margin is shallowly and more abruptly flaked. Mercer(1981) illustrates a utilised flake on page 129,fig 56, L95.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4A6241
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin short soft hammer struck flake of translucent orange and cream flint.The butt is abraded and bladelets have removed part of the dorsal ridge. The distal end is hinged. Both margins are utilised with a notch in the distal end of the left margin and fine discontinuous retouch on both margins, giving slightly serrated edges. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 129,fig 57, L114.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4A8B03
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin short soft hammer struck flake of translucent grey brown flint with opaque cream inclusions. The distal end is terminated by a hinge. The left margin is backed by nodular cortex. The proximal end has been removed and edged to a point with abrupt retouch. There is diffuse gloss on the ventral side from use. Mercer(1981) illustrates a piercer on page 137,fig 60, L163.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4AEDE0
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thick flake of dark grey flint with a pink tinge. The ventral surface has a spall missing so the flake has been damaged by heat. The dorsal surface has parallel feathered flake scars, cutting through the nodular cortex but leaving it on either side. On the distal end is a sharp edged facet which has been utilised with fine flaking resulting from its use. Mercer(1981) illustrates a utilised flake on page 131,fig 57, L111.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4B1365
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A curved flake of mid grey and mottled dull cream flint with fine retouch on the distal tip and on each side of the prominence between the dihedral left margins. The dorsal surface is of a worked out core with parallel blade scars from one direction and flakes removed from different directions. Mercer(1981) illustrates a utilised flake on page 129,fig 56, L98.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4B43E7
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A soft hammer struck thick flake of grey brown flint with cream flecks.There are short step fractures at the proximal end where the platform has been prepared, removing some of the dorsal ridge and some nodular cortex. The distal end is thin and damaged and looks like it was attempted to remove flakes from a new opposing platform. As it failed this flake was removed to rejuvenate the core. The right margin has been semi-abruptly notched with some dorsal retouch running towards the distal end. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 131,fig 57, L112.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4B7BF4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A soft hammer struck thin flake of grey brown translucent flint. It is of roughly pentagonal plan with a pointed proximal end and a hinged distal end with opposed flake scars on the dorsal surface. There is fine shallow retouch on the right and left margins, some of it on the right margin being visible from the ventral side. Near the left margin is a patch of use gloss. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 143,fig 63, L195.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4BADF3
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin feathered flake of translucent brown flint. with parallel dorsal scars, produced by soft hammer strikes. The distal margin is sharpened with fine semi-invasive parallel scars and there is a small mesal notch on the right margin. It is sharp and flat enough to be an arrowhead but is not of a standard pattern if it is. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 129,fig 56, L104.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-4DF028
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery base sherd of coarse granitic ware made of admixture clay with large inclusions of quartz and granite. The fabric is a mid-brown colour throughout and there is a fracture running diagonally through the exterior of the sherd, where an oval section has spalled out of the sherd, which adds to its fragility. This type of admixture fabric is seen in Bronze Age vessels, dating from c.2100-1150 BC (Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: CORN-4E0CB1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd of fine granitic ware made of admixture clay with inclusions of granite and mica. The fabric is a mid-brown colour on the interior and a dark brown to black colour on the exterior of the sherd. This type of admixture fabric is seen in Bronze Age vessels, dating from c.2100-1150 BC (Quinnell, forthcoming).
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-54E5E3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife, ovoid in plan and convex-concave in profile. On the dorsal side the distal edge is spalled and the proximal end snapped. The right margin is serrated. The surface is convex with long flake removal forming three long ridges. On the ventral side the left margin has some retouch mid way. There is small flake removal on the bulb of percussion and the surface is concave curved. The flint is mottled mid grey with pale grey flecks in colour. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 143, Fig. 5.129, No. F. 152 which is illustrated to the Neolithic period.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-550B93
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper, sub ovoid in plan and curved lozenge shaped in profile. The dorsal side surface is over half cortex. The distal end is spalled with some retouch. The proximal end is also spalled. The left margin has a retouched edge with adjacent large flake removal. On the ventral side the left margin is retouched with a visible bulb of percussion on the proximal end. On the right margin there is retouch scarring. The flint is mid grey in colouring with a secondary cortex of cream grey tones. Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 128, Fig. 52, No. 4 which is dated to…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5529B0
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint pebble scraper, ovoid in plan and plano convex in profile. Two thirds of the dorsal side surface is cortex. The distal end has one large flake removed and is sharp edged. The right margin has some abrasion. On the ventral side the distal end has a bulb of percussion with some small flake removal together with a snapped section. The right margin has a serrated sharp edge. The flint is dark brown black in tone with a dark beige coloured secondary cortex similar in appearance to Beer Head flint. Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 166, Fig. 70, No. 11 which is d…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-554415
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint pebble scraper, almost square in plan and pointed lozenge shape in profile. The dorsal side is mostly cortex except for a retouched distal edge. The proximal end has some retouch on the right margin. The ventral side has conchoidal ripples emanating up from the proximal end which has large flake removal and a spalled edge. The flint is putty grey in colouring with a secondary cortex of cream grey tones. Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 126, Fig. 50, No. 8 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5566F5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper, ovoid in plan and almond shaped in profile. The dorsal side surface has been invasively retouched down from the distal edge to mid way where it changes to become large flake removal over the proximal section. The proximal edge itself is spalled. On the ventral side the distal edge has been retouched and with a large notch on the right end. The left margin also has a notch. The proximal end has small flake removal on the bulb of percussion where there is also impact damage. The flint is mottled mid grey with light grey flecks in colour. Butler (2005) illustrates a si…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: CORN-5B54E3
Object type: POT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery body sherd made of gabbroic clay that weathers over the gabbro outcrop on the Lizard in Cornwall. The exterior of the sherd has one finger nail impression at an oblique angle to an applied cordon running horizontally below it. The fabric has inclusions of pale felspars, dark augite and mica and is orangey-brown and oxidised on the exterior and mid-brown on the interior of the sherd, with a reduced core. This type of decoration is seen on Grooved Ware vessels, dating from c.2900-2400 BC (Henrietta Quinnell, forthcoming). Anna Brindley in Cleal & MacSween (1999) illustrates a …
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Sunday 8th January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5E49D6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin soft hammer struck flake of twisted form and cream yellow flint. There is pebble cortex remaining on the distal end and there are patchesof cortex remaining on the right margin. They have made a useful grip when using the sharp curved edge as a cutting flake with some fine retouch and edge wear. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 129,fig 56, L106.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5E7D56
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short flake of translucent honey coloured pebble flint.The dorsal surface has parallel feathered blade scars truncated from the right and flake scars to the left. The platform edge was abraded and the remains are on the proximal end. The distal end is oblique and blunt and this and the cortically backed left margin give a safe grip for using the sharp right margin, which has retouch on the ventral side of the edge. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 131,fig 57, L110.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5EAB25
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The distal end of a straight truncated thin flake of translucent grey brown flint. The dorsal surface has large feathered flake scars.There is fine retouch around the distal end and on to the lateral edges dorsally and ventrally on the left margin. Mercer(1981) illustrates a scraper on a thin flake on page 135,fig 59, L138.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5ED9E0
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flawed flake of tan and cream flecked pebble flint. It has been removed by several hard hammer strikes, leaving a crack. The right margin has been thinned by a previous truncated flake scar and around a prominence on that margin there is a little untidy retouch. Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake on page 131,fig 57, L112.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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