Record ID: HAMP-339712
Object type: MICROBURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of twenty flint Mesolithic bladelet fragments created through transverse lateral or diagonal snapping, probably microburins - waste from the production of microliths from bladelets. The artefacts measure between c. 11.1 and 24.3mm long. They are generally sub-rectangular, or sub-trapezoidal. Most of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively; on others there is further working. On many the bulb of percussion is visible; others are identifiably distal. The colours range through the…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-32CCB5
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of nineteen flint Mesolithic bladelet fragments created through transverse lateral or diagonal snapping, possibly used as microlithic components of larger objects. The artefacts measure between c. 12.6 and 28.5mm long. They are generally sub-rectangular, by definition. Most of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively; on others there is further working. The colours range through the greys, with one a browner hue in places. Only on one piece (that top left on the image) is there …
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-322C75
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of ten flint Mesolithic bladelets, four of which truncated after snapping. The complete bladelets measure between c. 34mm (+/- c. 1.5mm). Most of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively; on others there is further working. The colours range through the greys, with one a browner hue in places. There is no evidence of retouching. On two cortex remains.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-320E77
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five flint Mesolithic blades, two of which truncated after snapping. The complete blades measure between 60.5 (by 22.15) and 88.7mm (by 20.9mm). All of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively. The colour is mostly variable light grey, with one a browner hue in places. There is no evidence of retouching.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-313037
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of sub-circular form of probable Neolithic date. The ventral face has a prominent removal scar at the bulb of percussion. There are five main longitudinal flake scars on the dorsal face. The main area of retouch is on the dorsal face on the right hand edge, fairly central (mesial). This flint is a light grey-brown colour.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2FFF24
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Mesolithic flint scraper of irregular five-sided form. The ventral face has some fairly heavy angled removals, possibly post-depositional damage. There are three longitudinal flake scars on the dorsal face. The main area of retouch is on the dorsal face on the right hand edge, some quite abrupt, with a remnant of cortex above. There are further, less obvious retouch marks on the distal end (left side) of the same face. This flint is largely grey-brown, with a light-grey area.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2FDCD4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forty-nine pieces of tertiary Mesolithic flint waste (debitage) from an assemblage, not diagnostically blade forms or core rejuvenation flakes. They have a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but none exhibit any obvious retouch. They are mostly of light or mid-grey flint, with some bluer and browner hues. Most are between 20 and 30mm long, with some small chippings and some larger flakes (up to 58.6mm). A few pieces show the crazed surface characteristic of fire cracking.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2F5ED5
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of Mesolithic tertiary waste flakes with evidence of retouching. One is broadly L-shaped (38.3 by 34.6 by 13.1mm; W.: 11.76g), the shape in part created by the formation of a notch in the crook of the flake through abrupt retouch. It has scarring around a prominent bulb of percussion (image above). The second piece is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded distal end (47.8 by 26.3 by 13.0mm (max.); W.: 11.58). It has a high triangular cross-section (Th.: 12.85mm), a removal at the distal end on the dorsal face flattening it out at this end. There is evidence of retouching fairl…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2F21D5
Object type: CORE REJUVENATION FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of three Mesolithic waste flakes, probably core rejuvanation flakes. They are all slightly curved in profile, and relatively thick (up to 10.8mm), with broadly triangular cross-sections. They are of a mid-grey flint with some lighter and some darker areas. They measure between 35 and 40mm in length; a combined weight is given below.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-F39C24
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A core in grey flint of Mesolithic date, elongated, sub-rectangular in plan. The scars show removal of blades, and bladelets, from different striking points. A small area of white chalky cortex survives; the core is otherwise grey, varying from light to dark, through mid grey.
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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