Record ID: SUR-228B26
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pointed retouched flint blade, possibly of late Upper Paleolithic date, 84.5mm in length, lanceolate in form and struck from a brown coloured flint. It has a trapezoidal cross section and a slightly curved side profile. There is low angle sub-parallel retouch along the entirety of one long side and along two thirds of the other, on the dorsal surface only, running to the distal tip, which has a triangular cross section and has been retouched around and across its entirety with semi abrupt and low angle retouch, to refine a working point. The distal end of the ventral s…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: SOM-FB1139
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  Lower Palaeolithic bifacial flint handaxe of Acheulean tradition dating to c. 500,000 to 250,000 BC. This is a 'ficron' type handaxe which belongs to the Middle Acheulean tradition. Acording to Wymer (1999) typology, the handaxe is sub-triangular in plan, with straight sides (edge type e), a slightly rounded tip (point type i) and a flat based butt (butt type d).  There are multiple large flaking scars covering both the dorsal and ventral sides with slightly finer flake removal along the edges. The whole artefact has orange/brown iron staining as well as heavy ab…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-2D0022
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost a complete barbed and tanged arrowhead of Green, H.S. (1980) Green low type, though the barbs are around the same length as the tang (Green lows have longer barbs than the tang) the general form of the notches and the slightly drooping barbs fit within that group, there is a tiny amount of recent damage; one corner of the (rectangular) tang is missing as is the very tip if the point, otherwise it is in pristine condition, the flint is glossy, dark brown/grey with a very slight misty patination to parts of the surface, both faces are completely covered with invasive pressure flak…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1C8B8B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertairy ?soft hammer struck flake with the bulb of percussion removed and neatly trimmed to a triangular shape by direct, steep percussion predominantly to the dorsal face, of slightly mottled dark grey flint with no patination. This is very likely to be an unfinished arrowhead, the profile is very straight for a struck flake, and the thickness is within the perfect range (4.6 mm), the trimming has evened out the curve already, the flake seems to have been worked into a blank then misplaced before the piece was extensively pressure flaked to its final shape, it is very likely this was…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1A9563
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete geometric microlith, of mid grey flint with misty paler grey patination, of Jacobi, R. (1978) Group 4, obliquely, finely, and very steeply retouched (c. 90 degrees to the faces) to form a convex “back” to the also convex sharp edge opposing the blunt retouch, the whole flint giving a lenticular plan form with an isosceles triangle cross section. Mesolithic, possibly late due to the small size, 7,000 to 4,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1962E3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete tiny leaf-shaped arrowhead, of Green, H. S. (1980) type 4 A, of slightly lighter patinated dark grey flint, the very tip of the base of this point is broken transversely. The dorsal face is very finely and invasively pressure flaked so some of the flake scars overlap at the centre of this face, the ventral face is hardly worked at all, just a few pressure fakes to form the point, this is probably due to the natural curvature of a struck flake; only flakes need to be removed from the curved parts as an arrowhead must be straight in profile to fly in a straight path, the …
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9B6F72
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, tertiary flake/tool, semi-hard hammer struck (pronounced bulb of percussion, no bulbar scar), of sub-trapezoidal section. The dorsal face has several flake scars from a platform orientated 90 degrees from the main axis of striking, these appear to have been detached from the core before the main blow was struck to make this flake/tool, the result is one lateral edge pre-retouched with the terminations of oblique flake scars, the opposing edge is more of a knife-like cutting edge, all thin edges are now damaged (obscuring any original retouch) from the actions of the waves a…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-06D935
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small and neatly made complete handaxe in fairly fresh condition: - of Wymer, J. J. (1999) type E/J, of very glossy orange/brown patinated mottled flint, likely to have been of grey flint initially. The dorsal face has a stack of four hinged termination flakes, failed and repeated attempts to thin the apex in the middle of this face, with a further attempt at the bottom left (if viewed with the point uppermost) has also hinged. The ventral face is centripetally flaked to shape but has left the remnants of a large hard hammer struck bulb of percussion at the butt where the flakes didn&r…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-06877E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, incomplete handaxe of Wymer, J. J. (1999) type E/?J, of light grey/brown misty patination over a dark chocolate brown colour, the point has been broken recently at an angle revealing that the flint was originally dark brown, some of the high points to the flake scars are iron stained from contact with agricultural machinery. All surfaces have been modified by flaking so no original surfaces of the “blank” nodule or thermal fracture this handaxe was made from remain. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-49B519
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, small sub-cordate handaxe, of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type E/G, of slightly brown patinated flint of good, semi-translucent quality with few coarse inclusions, all flake scars appear to be semi-soft hammer struck and all surfaces have been modified with flakes overlapping at the centre, no trace of the original surface of the “blank” nodule, part nodule or large flake survive including the cortex. All edges and the high points to the flake scars are abraded and rolled, either from the action of the sea or the ancient river delta system that formed the Cromer Forest Bed…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: DUR-97CD1D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, flint, leaf arrowhead of early Neolithic date. Green (1980) Type 3Bn. c.4000BC-3300BC. The object is sub-triangular, the dorsal face is slightly convex with covering parallel low angle retouch and short sub-parallel low angle retouch around all the edges. The ventral surface is slightly convex near the point then becomes slightly concave towards the proximal end due to a negative scar and percussion ripples. Reference: Green, H.S., 1980. The flint arrowheads of the British Isles: a detailed study of material from England and Wales with comparanda from Scotland and …
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-EFC184
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Arrowhead rough-out, a tertiary semi-soft hammer struck flake has been modified by invasive pressure flaking to form the general outline of a leaf shaped arrowhead, one side (the ventral face has been flaked to a much greater degree than the dorsal with removals from all edges towards the centre, the middle “blank” area is the original surface of the struck flake that the flakes haven’t been able to reach. The dorsal face has the point and base and one side invasively pressure flaked, mostly following the high points and the thicker areas of the flake as is usual duri…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E66429
Object type: LAUREL LEAF
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Asymmetrical laurel leaf point or knife, made from a thick, elongated primary of secondary flake of off-white patinated flint with patches of rusty iron oxide stains to both faces. The ventral face is largely unaltered from its fairly flat bulbar surface, a few flake scars around the periphery are evident, one has been struck quite deeply to one side of the “point”. The dorsal face has the most flake scars; struck towards the centreline with the straighter of the two lateral edges being the more invasive and lower angled, this probably is the main cutting edge, the more cur…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E501A8
Object type: LAUREL LEAF
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Laurel leaf point made from a semi-bifacially knapped, hard hammer struck flake as a blank, of pale to mid-grey banded flint with a dark “wash” patination, collecting in the recesses. The dorsal face is worked by direct percussion to form a leaf point, the flakes have run a little short to overlap down the middle, leaving the blanks original surface running down the centre, two flake scars to the side have hinged terminations, the ventral face retains part of the underside of the blanks original unmodified flat surface toward the point and to half way down the point, it is …
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6B49CE
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, semi-soft hammer struck long blade, from a multi-platform core, of very worn and pale whitish to yellow patinated flint with some old agricultural iron scrapes to the high points of the dorsal face and some fine spots and streaks to the ventral face, the two patches of remining thin, grey cortex is almost worn through by rolling. All thin edges are battered and chipped, some more recent, and less patinated than others and cut through the pale-yellow patination of the older surfaces, some now white, one or two are showing as pale grey and may represent the original colour of …
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4B6DA6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small, sub-cordate handaxe in fresh condition, of Wymer. J, J, (1999) type E/G, of pale buff and light grey patinated flint with a few darker grey inclusions. Both faces are completely covered with semi-hard hammer struck flake scars that overlap at the centre point, no original surface of the “blank” it was made from remain unmodified. There is a large linier flaw in the flint to one side, this was present within the flint at the time of knapping as the flake scars are affected slightly differently as they came off either side of the flaw, these linier flaws are q…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B80676
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Mesolithic adze or axe, of orange and brown patinated flint, originally it would have been of grey/black flint. All flake scars appear to be hard hammer struck, especially the very large and deep removal on one face (ventral), the opposing face (dorsal) has a large tranchet flake removal to the top of the cutting edge, this would have served to sharpen the entire cutting edge in one blow, one of the defining features of Mesolithic flint knapping, the axes and adzes of the Neolithic achieved a sharp cutting edge by smaller flake removals and/or grinding and polishing the surfac…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FF1974
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plano-convex knife, reshaped from an earlier (most likely Neolithic) hard hammer struck tertiary blade-like flake; the original surfaces of the earlier struck flint are patinated (to the dorsal face) slightly misty blue grey with the occasional spotty iron stain, the ventral face is much paler where the patination has leeched in more successfully, much of the lateral edges and the point have been carefully pressure flaked during the Early Bronze Age to convert the flake to the plano-convex knife, These flake scars are neatly flaked in sequence (pattern pressure flaked), especially to o…
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-589D9A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary, hard hammer struck flake of black patinated flint in slightly rolled condition with slight losses to the thin edges and the high points of the flake scars, the dorsal face has a pronounced triangular cross section, the very peak in itself has been used as a platform and a deep, hinged flake driven in towards the lateral edge, probably in an (unsuccessful) attempt to reduce the thickness at this point, or it was a naturally occurring flake already within the surface of the flint to begin with, the condition of the edges makes reading of any retouch tricky, though many of the s…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5862AB
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, asymmetric handaxe in fairly fresh condition, of mottled grey flint, now lightly patinated dark brownish apart from the cortex extant to the dorsal face, this is thin, but retains the chalky off-white colour. Being under ten cm long, it is classified as a Wymer (1999) type E, the asymmetry to the profile (plano-convex) and plan (one edge appears to have been intentionally blunted, for handling?) is probably due to the shape of the blank from which it was made from, likely to have been a thermal (frost) fracture or a large struck flake, something of similar cross section to begin…
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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