Record ID: NMS-A2E7BA
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable crested blade from the beginnings of a long blade core, of pale patinated mottled grey flint with extensive iron scrapes and spots from contact with agricultural implements, a prominent ridge has been formed by direct percussion to elongate the first blade removal from the core, the blade is quite thick, probably semi-hard hammer struck (uncertain, as the bulb of percussion is missing, an ancient transverse break just below where the bulb would be, this break was probably at the point of striking this blade from the core (a common error in making blades) to create two flake s…
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-91080B
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Soft hammer struck crested blade, with muti-directional flake scars to the dorsal face and some recent damage to the lateral edges, of orange and grey patinated flint. This type of distinctive debitage is part of the initial preperation of (mode 4) long blade cores. Upper Palaeolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2018
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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
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Record ID: LEIC-876F9D
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Early) crested blade, 40000 - 8001BC. 47mm in length, 18mm wide and 10mm thick with a weight of 7.7grams. Patinated an opaque light brown (rusty brown).
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-9BC094
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Early) - Neolithic (Later) flint crested blade, 40000 - 2351BC. 40mm in length, 10mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 2.3grams.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-6FF6CD
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic (Early) to Mesolithic (Late) crested blade, 26mm long, 7mm wide, 5mm thick and 1g in weight. Very small crested blade from a blade core presumably to make small blades for microliths. The flint is translucent light caramel brown that is turning light grey with patination. A slight Siret fracture as the piece has shattered through the centre so only half remains.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-890644
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Upper) to Neolithic (Later) crested blade, 35mm long, 11mm wide, 8mm thick and 3.5g in weight. Small but broken crested blade that is made on a translucent light caramel brown flint that is turning light grey all over through patination. The dorsal face has been extensively worked but two areas of white opaque patination suggests reuse of the material.
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-88E71F
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Upper) to Neolithic (Later) crested blade, 35mm long, 10mm wide, 7mm thick and 2.3g in weight. Small crested blade that is made on a caramel brown flint that has turned light blue all over through patination. Typical crested blade with central ridge that has been bifacially worked.
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-88CF0D
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Upper) to Neolithic (Later) crested blade, 36mm long, 11mm wide, 6mm thick and 3.2g in weight. Small crested blade that is made on a caramel brown flint that has turned light blue all over through patination. Typical crested blade with central ridge that has been bifacially worked. The right lateral edge has also recieved some retouch, so it's likely the piece was utilised as a scraper after removal.
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-4343ED
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Upper) to Neolithic (Later) crested blade, 61mm long, 19mm wide, 17mm thick and 21.1g in weight. Rod shaped piece made on caramel brown semi-translucent flint that has mostly turned light grey through patination. Some cortex remains on the right lateral edge. The proximal end has been prepared before striking.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-0644DC
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic (Upper) to Mesolithic (Later) crested blade, 40000-4001 BC. 65mm in length, 17mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 10grams. The piece also possesses a denticulated notch on right lateral edge, light - mid bluish patination.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: BERK-CDE464
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two complete flint 'crested blades' of Mesolithic date (10,000-4,000 BC). The smaller blade has a trace of cresting at its distal end. Both blades are heavily patinated white on their surfaces while internally the flint is a greyish-blue in colour, typical of flints from this area. Large blade: 60.7mm L x 18.3mm W x 7.7mm T. 8.2 grams. Smaller blade: 41.5mm L x 14.2mm W x 6.4mm T. 3.3 grams.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: BERK-DF0554
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable core rejuvinator, possibly a crested blade. The flint has a triangular-shaped cross section and some of the buld is retained. The flint is dark grey / brown in colour. Mesolithic / early Neolithic in date, c. 8000-2100 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-208243
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crested blade of translucent brown flint with spreading blue white patina. There are stepped and hinged flake scars from opposing directions. After the flake was removed to rejuvenate the core it was harvested from a flint scatter and retouched through the patina. A possibly Later Mesolithic discard was reused in perhaps The Neolithic or more recently. An oblique distal facet has been shallowly retouched as an end scraper and the left margin has been serrated from the ventral side semi-abruptly.Butler(2005) illustrates a crested blade on page 87, fig 31, 10.
Created on: Sunday 27th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-514725
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A soft hammer struck twisted blade with broadly parallel dorsal ridges and a triangular section.There is a short step fracture truncated by the right margin but the other removals look feathered.There has been semi-abrupt retouch on the right ventral margin, perhaps to thin the proximal end for hafting.The right oblique margin has been ventrally retouched. The scars are glossy and a distal thermal cortical facet is dark red. These characteristics along with the colour of the flint, which is tan brown with cream flecks may be due to deliberate heat treatment of the core to improve the …
Created on: Saturday 5th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Record ID: PUBLIC-74EF33
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crested blade of dark brown flint with a little pebble cortex on the distal tip. The proximal end shows small flake scars of platform preparation and there are some wavy ridges from previous bladelet or small flake removals. On the left margin are traces of use with a short oblque abruptly retouched end scraper and a finely retouched edge seen from the ventral side. Butler(2005) illustrates a crested blade on page 120, fig. 47, 8.
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-517DB2
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A grey and cream mottled flint crested blade from a lightly rolled pebble, judging by the remaining cortex on the distal end. There is a natural frost (thermal) spalled surface on the left dorsal margin.The right medial margin is invasively retouched and the opposite ventral surface has been thinned to a comfortable notch. The stout triangular section suggests that the retouch was for some sort of side-scraper after thoughtfully and boldly reworking a piece of debitage retaining good skill levels. The re-use may have been near contemporary with the discard of the core waste.Butler(20…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C0D3F3
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crested blade of cream, translucent and slightly coarse chert. The proximal end has snapped off. There are many dorsal truncated flake scars, approaching from several directions, suggesting a carefully curated core. The upper facet is flat and the surface is nearly completely shiny with dimples almost ground out. It appears that the core was made from a recycled ground axe. At the edge of this surface is a hard hammered cone; perhaps produced whilst quartering the axe. 3 lines of semi-invasive retouch and diffuse gloss indicate re-use of this core debitage. Butler(2005) illustrates …
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-71DD17
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crested blade of brown flint with parallel dorsal blade scars, an oblique flake scar and distal pebble cortex. The left dorsal margin has three invasive scars with use gloss on the ventral edge.The opposite margin is sharp and is discontinuosly dorsally retouched as though used for cutting.Butler(2005) illustrates a crested blade on page 120, fig.47, 8.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-20EDC1
Object type: CRESTED BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crested blade of great thickness. The chert is coarse grey/ brown flecked and opaque. Flake scars on the dorsal surface are truncated by others from different direcctions and indicate a core at the point of exhaustion with platforms of opportuity being exploited with no futher forward planning. For this removal it was not the end, with on an acutely profiled edge near the proximal end, a line of disimilar flakework; some semi abrupt and one twisted and invasive removal, worked from either side where necessary in order to produce a slightly serrated but unwavering knife edge. This d…
Created on: Monday 4th July 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
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