Record ID: OXON-C98DB2
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One flake of flint debitage of prehistoric date. The piece is a tertiary piece of flint with a semi-glossy patina that is mostly a dark grey brown colour with one lighter off white patch. The flake is sub-triangular in plan with irregular edges. The piece has at one earlier flake removals on its dorsal surface while the reverse has none. At the proximal end of the ventral surface a meidum bulb of percussion and an eraillure scar are visible, as are some medium conchoidal ripples close to the distal end. The striking platform also survives. There is a hinge fracture at t…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-A15D68
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean bifaced flint hand axe dating c. 500000-190000 BC. The axehead has been worked on all sides with one region of thin pebble cortex being visible on one of the wide faces. This is a cream colour with occasional iron staining There are patches of cortex like cream coloured material on other faces which may be imperfections in the flint. The flint is mostly an off white colour with dark grey patches and occasional iron staining The axe is triangular in plan with a rounded butt and well formed rounded point. It is broad…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-47D706
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint retouched flake of Palaeolithic date. The flake has been made from a yellowy-beige flint using hard hammer percussion. The bulb and platform are visible along with some soft-hammer retouching along the left lateral edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: OXON-AC822D
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A straight backed piece of final upper palaeolithic or early mesolithic date, c. 40,000-6,000 BC. This object is part of a larger assemblage of blade and bladelet flakes and debitage microliths and some retouched pieces (see OXON-AB9254) found in the back garden of a house in Newbury during gardening activities. The straight-backed point is made on a secondary flake of a semi-translucent light brown flint. The point has concaved basal retouch, some very fine retouch on the right lateral edge and covering retouch along the straight back. The piece is in very good condition with no appa…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-7F3AD7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint piercer made on a bladelet dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic period (c. 20,000-4,000 BC). The piercer has been made on a tertiary flake of a mottled orange-brown flint. The bulb is retained as is the small fragment of the platform. There are two flake scars on the dorsal surface. The lower half of the left hand edge of the dorsal side has been worked with soft hammer precussion, becoming more invasive towards the tip of the piercer, which has detatched, possibly during production but potentially after deposition.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-7E5D6B
Object type: SIDE SCRAPER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint side scraper on a thick flake of uncertain date - potentially the flake could be Palaeolithic but equally it could be later prehistoric. The secondary flake has been hard-hammer struck from a mottled orange-brown flint. There are additional ancient removals / edge damage on the right hand edge of the ventral surface, but there is also modern damage on the same edge.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-7C4F41
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint bladelet with a rubbed end dating to the Late Upper Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic period, c. 40,000 - 7,000 BC. The bladelet has been made from a tertiary flake of a mottled dark brown flint. Part of the platform has been retained and this also appears to have been rubbed, as has the distal end. There are thin flake scars over the dorsal surface. There is possible ancient reutilisation damage on the left hand edge.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B29187
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper made on a thick flake of a brown-orange flint. The scraper is sub-square in plan and broadly rectangular in profile, although the large bulb is retained on the reverse. There has been some recortication of the scraper, with this extending over the hard hammer retouching on the right side of the distal end. There are more modern removals (cutting through the patina of the recortication) to the left hand edge. This piece is hard to date as its execution is generally undiagnostic, however it is potentially Palaeolithic (c. 450,000-10,000 BC).
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: OXON-B24C3D
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a broken blade of uncertain prehistoric date (Late (Upper) Palaeolithic to Neolithic, c. 40,000-2,500 BC). The blade is made on a mottled dark orange-brown flint. It is broadly triangular in profile although it is more flat at the proximal end. There are three broad removals on the dorsal surface, with some modern damage / edging. The blade is broken towards the distal end.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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