Record ID: CORN-2BB377
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two single-platform flint microcores, left with the scars of flake removals to produce microliths, dating from the Mesolithic period. One is 28.5 mm in length and 25.5 mm in width. The second is squatter than the first, 18 mm in length and 35 mm in width and retains a large patch of coarse cortex indicating that it was derived from a local beach pebble. The cores are coated with a creamy-white surface patina from exposure to hear and sunlight but would have originally been a darker grey in colour. Butler (2005) illustrates a group of Mesolithic, single-platform bladelet cores fr…
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-AFF1E5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade, tear-shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, dating from the Mesolithic period (c.9000-4000 BC). The blade is 34.5 mm in length, 17 mm in width, 4.5 mm in thickness and weighs 3.5 g. A tertiary flake, with no cortex remaining with a pale cream surface patina, derived from a local beach pebble. The dorsal face bears the scars form the removal of four earlier flakes or blades. The proximal end has been slightly damaged, obscuring the point of percussion but the bulb of percussion is visible on the ventral face. There is a small break at the distal end wh…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-AFE174
Object type: AWL
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint piercer or awl, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and section, dating from the Later Mesolithic period (c.6500-4000 BC). The piercer is 23.5 mm in length, 7.35 mm in width, 1 mm in thickness and 0.35 g in weight. It is produced from a tertiary micro-flake of mottled light to dark grey flint derived from a local beach pebble. The dorsal face bears the scars of removal of two earlier flakes whilst the conchoidal fractures from the original flaking process are still visible on the ventral face, but the bulb of percussion has been removed. The piercer has then been abruptly retouche…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-094C06
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic flint micro-core. The core is 48 mm long, 41 mm in width, 34.5 mm in thickness and 86.35 g in weight. A spherical flint beach pebble of fine-grained black flint, perhaps from Beer Head in Devon, with a thin sandy-brown cortex has been shaped in several distinct patches by the removal of multiple very small, shallow flakes from various directions. The resulting core has four flattened faces with the unaltered rounded surfaces at opposite ends. At one end, and on one side surrounding the largest of the flaked areas, the cortex is pitted with many small points of percussion …
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: CORN-DA3498
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic tranchet axe or adze, rectangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile, triangular in section at the butt end and lenticular at the slightly wider blade end. Made on an elongated flint nodule which has been flaked from both faces to remove most of the cortex, except for a small patch at the butt end, to produce the outline shape of the axe. Large flakes have been removed from one edge of both faces, mid-way along the axe, resulting in a thinning of the axe at this point, apparently for hafting the axe. At the blade end, the axe has been thinned on both faces by the removal …
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-040757
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A greywacke pebble hammer or 'limpet scoop', 137 mm long, 50 mm maximum width and 24 mm thick, weighing 217.65 g. A rounded trapezoid in plan, an elongated rectangle in profile and oval in section. There are two linear fissures on one face of the pebble but these appear to be natural; several small linear scratches appear to be recent, possibly the result of plough damage. The narrow end has been damaged by percussion, suggesting that the pebble has been used as a hammer. Bevelled pebble tools of this type have been found at various locations in Cornwall, such as at North Cliffs (Andy…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-03F8B0
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One flint and one Greensand chert single-platform micro-core. The flint core is triangular in profile and sub-square in plan, and is 47 mm in length, 25 mm in width, 18 mm in thickness and 23 g in weight. At least six narrow, longitudinal blades have been removed from this single-platform core. The surface patina is white mottled with very small dark specks and some patches of iron staining. The patina, together with the careful workmanship suggest a date in the Mesolithic or early Neolithic periods. The chert core is 52 mm in length, 30 mm in width, 18 mm in thickness and 38 g in wei…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-03C071
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six complete flint blades that vary in length between 56 mm and 35 mm, with a maximum width of 13 mm and thickness varying between 3 mm and 6 mm. Total weight 26.4 g. The blades have roughly parallel edges which taper towards the distal ends. They are general triangular in section and plano-convex in profile. About half of the blades have a medial ridge, the remainder have two longitudinal ridges. The complete blades mostly retain distinct bulbs of percussion, the remainder all display concentric ripples along their ventral faces. The edges are generally sharp with little evidence of …
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-03BA8C
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
One snapped Greensand chert microlithic oblique point, 21 mm long, 9 mm wide and 3 mm thick, weighing 0.8 g. It has a smooth ventral face, is roughly triangular in plan although it may originally have been elliptical before the loss of the proximal end. It is triangular in both profile and section. One edge on the dorsal face had been steeply retouched. The colour of the chert is light brown and it is coarser than local flint and is likely derived from Greensand chert in Devon. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar obliquely blunted point from an Early Mesolithic site Thatcham Berkshir…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-03B133
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
One flint microlithic backed oblique point, 39 mm in length, 9 mm wide and 2 mm thick, weighing 1.2 g. It has a smooth ventral face, roughly elliptical in plan with a snapped proximal end and a pointed distal end, sub-rectangular in profile and triangular in section. The left margin of the dorsal face has been vertically retouched along two-thirds of its length, to the point. There is no evidence of cortex which suggests that it was formed on a tertiary flake. The surface of the flint is pale grey mottled with darker grey and is likely to be derived from a beach pebble. Bond (2004)…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-C10A21
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint truncated flake, sub-rectangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and triangular in section. Made on a secondary flake with a small area of cortex remaining at the distal end. The flake has been snapped at an oblique angle; the broken, proximal end has then been modified by a line of abrupt retouch resulting in a concave edge with a point at the right margin (when viewed from the dorsal side). Truncated pieces are characteristic of Mesolithic assemblages although their function is not clearly understood. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar truncated flake from a Later Mesoli…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C100F0
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight flint microflakes. Five are complete and three snapped or broken. All are tertiary flakes although a very small strip of cortex remains along the margin of one flake. The surface colour of the flint varies from pale grey, through mottled pale with dark grey to pale brown. There is no evidence of modification or use-wear to any of the flakes. Microflakes are a characteristic waste-product of Mesolithic industries which are found in many places near the Cornish coast.
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C0D77F
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four broken, calcined, fire-cracked flint flakes. Due to calcification from the burning process the flint is white both externally and, where visible, internally. One flake retains a clear bulb of percussion and another the edge of the bulb; the two others display remnants of conchoidal rippling. The flakes are surface finds, found in association with flints from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods but are too fragmentary to be attributed to a particular prehistoric period.
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C08ACC
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five prehistoric flint core fragments. These vary in shape and size and although they all bear the scars of deliberate knapping all appear to be the waste from initial roughing-out prior to the commencement of more deliberate processing. The irregular nature of the fragments does not allow them to be attributed to a particular prehistoric period, but the size of the flake scars suggest that they date from the later Mesolithic to the Earlier Neolithic. All but one of the fragments retain patches of cortex which indicate that the flint was derived from local beach pebbles. The surface o…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C07B16
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint microcores, ovate in plan and triangular in profile. The smaller of the two cores has a single prepared striking platform from the edge of which several microflakes or blades have been removed. The larger core also has a pre-prepared platform from which microflakes or blades have been removed; additional flakes have then been removed from the adjacent edges of the core without the deliberate preparation of a second striking platform. Both cores are a mottled light to dark grey colour and both retain small patches of cortex which indicate that they are derived from local beac…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C06195
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two opposing platform flint cores, rhomboidal in plan and trapezoidal in profile. The cores each have prepared platforms at both ends and the negative scars of the removal of up to half a dozen blades and small flakes can be seen originating from the edges of the opposing platforms. The surface of one of the flints is a mottled light to dark grey and the other is uniformly light grey. Both cores retain patches of the original cortex which indicate that they are derived from local beach pebbles. Bond (2004) illustrates similar cores with opposing platforms on page 120, fig.5.104, no…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C054E8
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two single platform flint cores, ovate in plan and triangular in profile. Both cores have prepared platforms at one end and bear the negative scars of the removal of up to half a dozen blades and flakes, which originate from the edge of the platform. In both cases the edges of the platform have been trimmed or abraded to remove overhangs in preparation for the next series of removals but have then been discarded. The surface of both flints is a mottled grey-brown colour and both cores retain patches of the original cortex which indicate that they are derived from local beach pebbles. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-98FE78
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint hollow or concave scraper, sub-rectangular in plan, rectangular in profile and triangular in section. Made on a short, thick secondary flake with a patch of cortex remaining at the proximal end and extending along one lateral surface. A small bulb of percussion remains at the proximal end of the ventral face and a small negative bulb on the opposite dorsal face. The distal end of the flake is broken, resulting in a right angle between the broken edge and both the ventral and dorsal faces. The right margin of the ventral face has been abruptly retouched by the removal of about …
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-98F497
Object type: MICRODENTICULATE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint microdenticulate from the Mesolithic period, plano-convex in plan and profile and trapezoidal in section. Made on a secondary flake with a very small area of cortex remaining at the distal end. A very small remnant of the striking platform is visible at the proximal end. The bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples can be seen on the surface of the ventral face. The dorsal surface bears the scars of the removal of several previous longitudinal flakes or blades. The proximal end of the dorsal surface has been retouched by the removal of around eight or nine very small pressure…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-98E304
Object type: MICRODENTICULATE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A microdenticulate, sub-rectangular in plan, an elongated rectangle in profile and plano-convex in section. The central portion of a flint bladelet, modified by the removal of a spall from the right margin to form a point at the right edge of the distal end. Both side margins of the dorsal face have been retouched to produce a denticulated edge. The distal end has also been retouched, resulting in an edge which would be suitable for scraping. The completed tool is a combined burin (or graver) and end scraper. The flint is grey-brown in colour and likely derives from a local beach pebb…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-98C3BB
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A flint obliquely blunted microlith, trapezoidal in plan, lenticular in profile and in section. A section of a narrow flint bladelet which has been snapped at right angles at its proximal end, close to the striking platform; traces of the bulb of percussion are visible on the ventral face at this end. The right margin of the dorsal face of the bladelet has been snapped obliquely at the distal end and the oblique margin has then been blunted by retouch to produce the finished microlith. The flint is a fine, translucent pale grey-brown colour. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar obliqu…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-98B698
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint blade, sub-rectangular in plan, crescentic in profile and triangular in section. A tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. The point of percussion, a small bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples are all visible on its slightly concave ventral face. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of three earlier longitudinal flakes. The left margin of the ventral face has been retouched to create a cutting edge and the left margin of the dorsal face has some notches which have been caused by damage, possibly during the utilisation of the blade. There are patches of gloss on…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-988E37
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint single-platform micro-core, rhomboidal in plan and profile, and plano-convex in section. A large patch of cortex remains on the dorsal face. The proximal end is flat and is the remnant of the striking platform. The ventral face retains the scars of three long linear flakes having been removed from the core, together with several shorter, narrower flakes. The fragment shows no signs of having been retouched or otherwise utilised and was apparently discarded as waste at the completion of the knapping process. The flint is fine-textured, and a light grey-brown colour, with one la…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-98659E
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint single-platform micro-core, oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. The cortex has been removed from the proximal end by the removal of three large flakes to produce a triangular point. Subsequently six shallow flakes to make bladelets have been removed, probably by pressure flaking at the proximal margin of the largest of the three original flake scars. The distal half, or butt, of the pebble retains its cortex and could have been held comfortably in the hand when in use. The point of the artefact is damaged through use as a chopping or crushing tool. The surfac…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-9561CE
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chert single-platform micro-core, oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. The pebble was initially broken in half by a single blow, the point of percussion of which is visible at the left margin of the resulting striking platform. The bulbar scar can be seen originating from this point although the remainder of the surface of the striking platform is very irregular and featureless. Subsequently around eight thin flakes were removed from the edge of the platform, the scars of which can clearly be seen around about three-fifths of the circumference of the artefact. The c…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-ABABCB
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A snapped flint microblade, sub-rectangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The proximal end of a Mesolithic microblade representing approximately half of the original. The point and bulb of percussion are clearly visible at the proximal end of the ventral face. The scars of removal of three earlier microflakes are visible on the dorsal face. The left margin of the dorsal face has been retouched to create a cutting edge and the right margin appears notched but this is likely due to damage. Microblades and microflakes occur in large numbers in many Mesolithi…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Sunday 19th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-3045E5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bladelet, an elongated rectangle in plan although curved at the distal end, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The blade is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. The proximal end was retouched as part of the platform preparation and to make the end narrower, but has since been damaged, resulting in the loss of the striking platform and part of the bulb of percussion. The conchoidal rippling resulting from the original blow is clearly visible along the full length of the dorsal face. The scars of the removal of several earlier longitudinal flakes are visibl…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2016
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Record ID: CORN-694A22
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint single-platform bladelet micro core, circular in plan and triangular in profile. Flakes have been removed two thirds of the way around the circumference from the platform edge, while the remaining third is covered in a layer of cortex. The flint is a mottled light grey to cream colour and may have been derived from a local beach pebble which has since been exposed to heat and cold so that the colour of the flint has become lighter. The core has also been in contact with iron which has left orange staining on most of the edges. The length to breadth ratio is about 1:1, which is a…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
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Record ID: CORN-00B3F7
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint chopper, semi-circlular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The dorsal and ventral faces are both retouched along the existing margin, at the chopping edge, but the edge is also damaged and fractured so that it has a stepped appearance. The edges of the flake scars are generally smooth and the surface appears to have been water-worn. A patch of cortex remains near the broken edge on the ventral face. The flint is a mottled grey-buff colour with orange patches on the surface where the flint has been stained from proximity to iron, but the colour and te…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: CORN-117D84
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eighteen flint micro-cores of similar size, with flat platforms, generally plano-convex in profile and section, and a few with more tapering ends so that they are triangular in profile. The cores have had various bladelets removed from their sides, struck from the platform, and almost all are single platform cores, apart from two with two platforms, which are also the only two cores without any cortex remaining. The cores are a mottled light to dark grey colour and almost all of them have some cortex remaining on one side, which suggests that they were derived from local beach peb…
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2011
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Record ID: CORN-452372
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint four-sided microblade or microlith, rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in profile and section, with a backed left margin of the dorsal face, and a retouched right margin, parallel to the left. The distal and proximal ends have both been snapped off to create squared-off parallel ends, which may have made it easier for multiple hafting of bladelets side by side to create one cutting edge. The colour of the flint is a mottled orange to light brown, and there is a small segment of cortex remaining on the left margin of the dorsal face, towards the proximal end, which suggests th…
Created on: Friday 12th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2011
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Record ID: CORN-527070
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a large chert knife, trapezoidal in plan and section, and rhomboidal in profile. The dorsal face has been unifacially retouched around the squared-off proximal end and down each margin, creating a serrated edge on each side. Flakes have been taken off the top of the dorsal face to flatten the medial ridge, which has left two concave areas in the middle section. The fragment is not broken at both ends but has snapped across the distal side. The proximal end has a tranverse flake which has been taken off at the point of percussion, leaving the bulb of percussion beyond it in…
Created on: Sunday 12th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3E5076
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint single-platform micro-core, sub-rectangular in plan, and triangular in profile and section. The core has had flakes taken off from all edges of the sub-rectangular platform. There is a small patch of cortex of the original beach pebble on the flatter face of the core. The flint is a light grey colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 120, Fig.5.104, No.71, which is dated from the later Mesolithic.
Created on: Monday 30th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3CD291
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert chopping tool, semi-circular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, where about 50% of the surface is still covered in cortex. The right margin has been worked bifacially into an edge. The working edges were either flaked unifacially and referred to as 'choppers' or bifacially, as this one was, and referred to as 'chopping tools' to create a cutting edge. They retain considerable amounts of cortex, especially on the butts, enabling them to be comfortably held in the hand. Chopping tools are occasionally found on Mesolithic sites and are made on rounded or oval nodule…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Last updated: Saturday 28th May 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3AE4F6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert knife, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and lozenge-shaped in section, with a snapped proximal end at the bulb of percussion and a hinge-factured distal end.The knife has been unifacially retouched along all of the left and right margins of the dorsal face. The colour of the chert is a mottled light grey and contains microcrystalline quartz that causes the surface to glisten in the light. The material has the classic look of Greensand chert that has been found in Cornwall. Greensand chert is found as pebbles and cobbles on Cornish beaches and often has a distinctive l…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th May 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A1B311
Object type: LITHIC CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint single-platform blade core, rectangular in plan and section and lozenge-shaped in profile. Flakes have been removed two thirds of the way around the circumference from the platform edge, while the remaining third is covered in a thick layer of cortex. The flint is a cream colour and may have been derived from a local beach pebble which has since been exposed to heat and cold so that the colour of the flint has become lighter. The core has also been in contact with iron which has left staining on most of the edges. The length to breadth ratio is about 4:3. Bond (2004) illust…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A198A0
Object type: LITHIC CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint single-platform blade core, ovate in plan, triangular in profile and trapezoidal in section. Flakes have been removed all of the way around the circumference of the core, from the platform edge, and only a very thin layer of cortex remains on a small part (about 15 mm) of the edge. The flint is a mottled light grey colour and may have been derived from a local beach pebble which has since been exposed to heat and cold so that the colour of the flint has become lighter. The core has also been in contact with iron which has left staining on most of the edges. The length to bread…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A0DAB1
Object type: LITHIC CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ten flint single-platform micro-blade cores, of similar size and shape, generally oval in plan and sub-rectangular in profile and section. All faces around the circumference of the cores show the scars from the flake removal for producing microliths, from the edges of the layers of cortex remaining on each core. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour which suggests, along with the curvature of the cores, that they have been derived from local beach pebbles. The length to breadth ratio is about 1:1, which is usual for micro cores. The measurements below represent the averag…
Created on: Monday 18th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A493B2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint microlithic backed bladelet with retouch on the right margin of the dorsal face. The proximal end has been snapped off above the bulb of percussion, so that the bladelet has been truncated. The flint is dark brown and translucent and likely to have come from Beer Head in Devon. There is no evidence of any cortex, suggesting that this is a tertiary flake. The length to breadth ratio is about 2:1. Bond (2004) ilustrates similar examples on page 113, Fig.5.97, No.L30, and on page 119, Fig.5.103, No.38, which are dated to the Late Mesolithic period.
Created on: Tuesday 1st January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A44786
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Group of four flint microlithic bladelets, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and section. Both the right and left margins have been unifacially worked on the dorsal faces. The ventral faces retain part of the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. There is cortex remaining on the surface of two of the bladelets which suggests that these are secondary flakes. The flint is a mottled dark to light grey colour, probably derived from local beach flint, and the ratio of length to breadth averages at about 3:1. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 95, Fig.5.81, Nos.14-17, wh…
Created on: Tuesday 1st January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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