Record ID: SWYOR-8724F1
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake; debitage from flint working of unknown date, Mesolithic to Bronze Age, 9000 BC - 1000 BC. It is incomplete with no striking platform. It is formed on patinated flint with orange speckles. It has numerous removal scars but no evidence of retouch. It is 49.2mm long, 16.5mm wide and 17.5mm thick. 9.9g.
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-598F09
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (3300 BC - 1000 BC). The flint is a tertiary flake and is partially patinated. It is sub-circular in plan and pointed oval in cross-section. There is damage to the left side. There is short, scaled, abrupt retouch on the curved distal end and sides, with areas of longer scaled, low-angle retouch too, on both faces. The scraper is 39.2mm long, 35.8mm wide and 8.9mm thick. 14.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-B81A89
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint retouched blade of probable Neolithic date, dating from about 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of mottled translucent grey flint, with speckles of patina forming. It is rhomboid in plan, oblique ends with straight sides, with the distal right corner rounded. The distal end also has a worked point in the middle of the lefthand side of the end. It is sub-triangular in section, with a single dorsal ridge along the central of the flake. The distal end is retouched with short, sub-parallel, abrupt removals, mainly worked from the ventral face. The left edge is al…
Created on: Sunday 30th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-B7F590
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint lithic implement, possibly a microlithic tool, of probable Mesolithic date, dating from about 9000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of mettled brown and grey flint, with speckles of patina. It is sub-triangular in plan, with a point in the centre of the left side, and concave edges leading to it. The distal and proximal ends are rounded. It is sub-triangular in section, with a single dorsal ridge along the flake. Removals at the proximal end make it rounded, most of the removals appear to be on the ventral face, but worked from the proximal end towards the rest f…
Created on: Sunday 30th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-2D7B1F
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint flake; debitage or waste material from flint working, of unknown date, probably Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (4000 BC - 1000 BC). The flake is formed on unpatinated, mottled tan and grey flint. It is triangular in plan and D shaped in section. Previous removals run the length of the dorsal face but there is no retouch. The flint is 20.8mm long x 11.3mm wide x 3.4mm thick and weighs 0.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-2D5B83
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (3300 - 1000 BC). The flint is patinated to a light grey colour. It is a tertiary flake, is triangular in plan and has a D shaped section. The dorsal face has short, sub-parallel, semi abrupt hard hammer retouch on the right side and on the distal end where it forms a concave scraper. There is later damage to the left edge of the flint which interrupts the patination. The flint is 25.3mm long x 17.1mm wide x 4.5mm thick and weighs 1.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-2C6E9C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (3300 - 1000 BC). The flint is translucent, brown in colour with patches of partial white patination. It is a tertiary blade (a medial fragment), is sub-rectangular in plan and has a flat triangular section. The dorsal face has short, sub-parallel, semi abrupt hard hammer retouch on the proximal end forming a concave scraper. There is later damage to the edges of the flint on both faces. The flint is 19mm long x 18.4mm wide x 3.6mm thick and weighs 1.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st September 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-F1C728
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumb nail scraper dating from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The oval flint is dark grey and retouched with semi abrupt removals on the distal end and sides.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-F1B754
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint microliths dating from the Mesolithic period. The larger is a scalene triangle large microlith. It is triangular in section and retouched on both long edges but very finely worked. 21.15mm long, 12.63mm wide and 4.5mm thick. 1.13g. The smaller is a triangular flake, trapezoidal in section and completely patinated. 9.4mm long, 7.64mm wide and 1.54mm thick. 0.12g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-F19F67
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint retouched flake dating from the Mesolithic or Neolithic period. The flint is completely patinated but incomplete. It has semi abrupt retouch on one edge.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-F18C55
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade fragment probably dating from the Mesolithic period. The secondary blade is not retouched and is debitage.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-F17D37
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint burin of probable Neolithic date. The yellow flint has some cortex at the proximal end where it has also been crushed, and is partially patinated. abrupt removals from the distal end and sides form the dihedral burin.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-F16814
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four flint flakes, debitage from flint knapping, dating from the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods. Two of the flakes are fully patinated; all are formed on grey flint.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-F14C43
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gunflint dating from about AD 1650 - 1850. The flint is a rich dark grey and has been knapped into a square with a champfered edge on each side. Clive Bond, PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics : PAS, pp163-164 notes that these gunflints date from the 17th to 19th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-F13892
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Neolithic flint retouched blade formed on a blade of light grey and lightly patinated flint. The retouch, which is on both sides and the distal end, interrupts the patina.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-F12450
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scraper formed on a secondary flake of dark grey flint with only very slight patination. The distal and proximal ends have surviving cortex, and the left side has been neatly worked from the dorsal face with semi abrupt retouch to form a scraping edge. The dorsal face is concave.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-E7B4D5
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
A Mesolithic to Neolithic flint burin and scraper formed on a flake of dark grey flint with a mottled patina. The proximal end has been working into a burin, and there is a scraping edge of the left side. Some of the retouch interrupts the patina.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Sunday 24th November 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-E7A306
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic to Neolithic flint burin formed on an flake of light grey flint with a mottled patina. It has invasive working over both faces. One end has been formed into a burin or awl.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-E79038
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint thumb nail scraper. It is oval in plan and has a concave dorsal face. There is cortex at the proximal end. The distal end and sides are retouched with semi abrupt removals from the dorsal face. The flint is opaque and dark grey.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-E77FA6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint knife which is a pointed oval in plan. The cutting edge is on the right side and is bifacially worked with scalar semi-abrupt retouch. The left side of the knife is backed with bifacial abrupt and semi abrupt removals. The flint is a mottled light tan colour, and is hardly patinated.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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