Record ID: PUBLIC-248216
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper, sub-oval in plan, semi-circular in profile and in section. Made on a primary flake removed from a beach pebble with cortex remaining on more than half the surface of the dorsal face. The very crude scraper edge was produced by the rapid removal of around 8 or 9 lateral flakes from the curved distal edge of the original flake. The resulting tool has an irregular edge with a large point at one point which may have also served as an awl or piercer. The original pebble was struck using a different stone without previously preparing a striking platform. The point of percus…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-245A5A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thin flint concave scraper, sub-rectangular in plan although probably originally circular, elongated triangle in profile and flattened-dome in section. Made on a secondary flake with small patches of cortex remaining close to the proximal end. The striking platform is slightly to the left of the proximal end of the dorsal side. The scars of several shallow flakes are visible on the dorsal side, evidently to ensure that the resulting flake was fairly thin. Subsequently a large number of very small, fine pressure-flakes were removed from the distal and right hand margins of the flake …
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-244198
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chopping tool, probably also used as a scraper, oval in plan, triangular in profile and semi-circular in section. Made on a primary flake, struck from a flint nodule, which has then been extensively and bi-facially re-worked although a large patch of cortex remains on the dorsal face. The distal margin of the steeply domed dorsal face has been sharpened by the removal of lateral flakes through about two thirds of the circumference of the tool. At the proximal end a single large flake, together with several smaller ones, have been removed at the margin of the dorsal face to enable th…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2428B4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A horned scraper, sub-rectangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and in plan. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of several earlier flakes. At the proximal end several shallow flakes have been removed to enable the user to grip the tool more easily at that end. The two sides are steeply angled from the margins as a result of the initial flake having been removed from a carefully pre-formed core. At the distal end several pressure flakes have been removed to form a sharp, concave edge with a pointed projection or horn on either side. The point of percussion is clearly visi…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23CDF0
Object type: BURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched microlithic burin from the Mesolithic period. Trapezoidal in plan, and profile, triangular in section. Both ends of the burin have been broken off in antiquity: the proximal end at a right angle and the distal end obliquely. The scars of two earlier longitudinal flakes remain on the dorsal face, resulting in a triangular section. At the proximal end of the left hand margin of the dorsal face the margin has been blunted by the removal of 4 or 5 pressure flakes. The resulting artefact could have been held comfortably in either hand and used as a perforating tool. The pointed…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23BD65
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. This micro-scraper was made from the proximal end of a tertiary flake or blade. Sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The scars of two earlier longitudinal flakes remain on the dorsal face, resulting in a triangular section. Subsequently a single shorter longitudinal flake was removed from the proximal end of the dorsal face, followed by the removal of several small pressure flakes at the proximal end to produce a scraper edge. The retouch has removed the striking platform from the proximal end. A large pre…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23AD34
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. This micro-scraper was made from the distal end of a tertiary flake or blade. Sub-rectangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The proximal end of the blade was broken off in antiquity, resulting in the loss of the striking point and bulb of percussion. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of two earlier flakes which have resulted in the v-shaped profile and sharp edges of the flake. The distal end has been worked by the removal of at least ten parallel pressure-flakes resulting in a steep scraper edg…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-239C18
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. A tertiary flake, the dorsal face of which bears the scars of the removal of several earlier longitudinal flakes at the distal end. At the proximal end two smaller longitudinal flakes have been removed, which terminate in negative hinge fractures mid-way across the flake. Multiple small flakes have also been removed at the upper right margin of the flake. At the upper left margin of the dorsal face at least six shallow pressure flakes have been removed to create a cutting edge. All traces of the strikin…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-238BC6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint flake, lenticular in plan, plano-convex in profile and semi-circular in section with a central medial ridge. A secondary flake with a patch of cortex remaining at the distal end of the dorsal face. The dorsal face bears the negative scars of the removal of several earlier longitudinal flakes. At the proximal end is the remnant of the pre-prepared striking platform with a clear point of percussion at the dorsal margin. The bulb of percussion is clearly visible at the proximal end of the ventral face. Two apparently deliberate pressure flakes have been removed from the…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2371F9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. Sub-oval in plan and plano-convex in profile and in section this micro-scraper was made from a tertiary flake: the distal tip has been broken off. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of several earlier flakes. The striking platform at the proximal end of the dorsal face has been carefully pressure-flaked to produce a scraper edge. A slight bulb of percussion is visible at the proximal end of the ventral face, together with a relatively large bulbar scar and clear conchoidal ripples. The fine-textured flint is a patinated cr…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-236200
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A truncated microlithic blade from the Mesolithic period. Trapezoidal in plan, a narrow rectangle in profile and a flattened triangle in plan. Both ends of the original tertiary flake or blade were broken off in antiquity. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of two earlier flakes which have resulted in the v-shaped profile and sharp margins of the flake. No traces of the striking platform or of the bulb of percussion remain: slight conchoidal ripples can be seen on the ventral face. The proximal end of the blade was broken at an oblique angle to the side margins: this end a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2349FC
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper from the Mesolithic period. This micro-scraper was made from the proximal end of a tertiary flake or blade. Sub-rectangular in plan, triangular in profile and in section. The scars of two earlier longitudinal flakes remain on the dorsal face, resulting in a triangular section. Subsequently two shorter longitudinal flakes were removed from the proximal end of the dorsal face, followed by the removal of several small pressure flakes at the proximal end to produce a scraper edge. The remnant of the striking platform remains at the proximal end and both the bulb of per…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-232F03
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint microlithic blade, an elongated trapezium in plan, and trapezoid in both profile and section. A tertiary flake, the dorsal face of which bears the scars of the removal of three earlier, parallel flakes. The proximal end has been reworked by the removal of a small, oblique flake to produce a point which would have been suitable for engraving bone or wood. This has resulted in the loss of the striking platform and of the bulb of percussion from the ventral face. The very smooth conchoidal ripples on the ventral face terminate in a steep hinge fracture at the slightly n…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB8BB0
Object type: AWL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piercer or awl sub-triangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of three earlier flakes. The point of percussion has been lost through damage to the proximal end although the remnant of the bulb of percussion can be seen on the ventral face, with the conchoidal ripples clearly radiating from it. The flake has been snapped part-way along its length, probably deliberately. The left hand margin of the ventral face has been retouched by the removal of several pressure flakes. The opposite margin has been retouch…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB66B9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A side scraper, lozenge-shaped in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a secondary flake with a large patch of cortex remaining on the left side of the dorsal face. The domed dorsal face has been carefully worked right margin by the removal of several long, shallow flakes originating from the lower left margin of the dorsal face. A shorter, deeper flake has been removed from the same area to provide a comfortable grip for the user of the finished tool. The steep, right margin of the dorsal face has been sharpened by the removal of several wide shallow flakes to create…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB5593
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small, depleted, single-platform micro-core, sub-circular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and triangular in section. A very small patch of cream-coloured cortex remains at its distal end. The scars of the removal of many shallow, narrow, parallel flakes or bladelets, several of which are the full length of the core, are visible originating from points along the entire circumference of the flat striking platform. Several of the later flakes extend to only half the length of the core and terminate at steep hinge fractures, suggesting that the flint-knapper wished to make the most…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB4577
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint pebble single-platform micro-core, ovoid in plan and triangular in profile and section. A patch of cortex remains at the proximal end, adjacent to the margin of the trapezoid-shaped striking platform, for about a quarter of its circumference. Shallow flakes or bladelets of varying width have been removed from around the remaining three-quarters of the circumference of the striking platform, resulting in a conical shape to the artefact. The surface of the flint is mottled pale and dark grey with a large creamy-white inclusion. It appears to derive from a local beach pebble. …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB2D34
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumb-nail scraper, sub-circular in plan, S-shaped in profile and semi-circular in section. Made on a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. The dorsal surface has been carefully worked by the removal of many very small pressure flakes from approximately two-thirds of its circumference centred on the distal point, resulting in a fine-edged scraper. The individual pressure flakes are now difficult to discern as the edge is worn through use. At the proximal end two longitudinal flakes have been removed, one larger than the other, to provide a comfortable and reliable means of …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FB17AC
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken flint backed blade, trapezoidal in plan and in profile. A secondary flake with a large patch of cortex remaining at the left margin of the dorsal face. The blade tapers from its thin proximal end to become considerably thicker and semi-circular in section at its distal end where it has been broken, with possibly as much of half of the original flake now missing. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of several earlier longitudinal flakes. A single fairly large lateral flake has been removed from near the distal end of the right hand margin of the dorsal face, togethe…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FAF4EE
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A flint fabricator, elongated rectangle in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. A secondary flake with a small area of yellow-brown cortex at the distal end. The dorsal side bears the scars of the removal of two earlier longitudinal flakes. The distal end of the left margin has been blunted by the removal of three shallow, lateral flakes. There is the remnant of a striking platform at the proximal end, with a clear point of percussion. The small bulb of percussion is visible at the proximal end of the ventral face as are the conchoidal ripples along the full length…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
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