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Record ID: CORN-2E747C
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. Oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a tertiary flake of dark grey fine-textured translucent nodular flint, with no cortex remaining. A series of conchoidal ripples are clearly visible at the distal end of the ventral face although at the proximal end both the striking platform and the bulb of percussion have been removed by the removal of several small flakes. The pointed tip of the arrowhead has broken off from the distal end. The dorsal face of bears the scars of removal of two earlier flakes. Both lateral margins of the dorsa…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: CORN-2E2FB8
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment of a metabasic greenstone adze, semi-circular in plan and section and triangular in profile, with straight sides that widen slightly towards the blade end. About a third of the original tool survives, the blade end, while the longer but tapering butt end that would have been hafted is missing. The adze may have originally been about three times as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle. In profile the blade is plano-convex suggesting that the tool was used as an adze for carving and smoothing the wood rat…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2DE7DD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment of a metabasaltic greenstone axe head, sub-square in plan, triangular in profile, and oval in cross section. The cutting edge of the blade is damaged and now asymmetrically curved but would have originally been symmetrical. All surfaces would have originally been pecked and ground but the majority of the axe is now deeply pitted due to weathering with polishing only remaining on the dorsal face of the blade. The ventral face is incomplete and damaged rather than weathered with most of the original surface missing.
A similar axehead CORN-AF0C19 from Trevorrian Common …
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-2579D7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a gabbroic greenstone axe head, with just the blade end remaining, ovate in plan, triangular in profile, and lozenge-shaped in cross section. The cutting edge is symmetrically curved with some damage to the surface of the right margin of the dorsal face below where there is a natural ovate vein or inclusion on the left margin of the ventral face. Just inside this fault there is a recessed area between this ovate vein and another linear vein which runs parallel to the first longitudinally from the broken edge of the axehead to the edge of the blade on the ventral face. All …
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-FF6822
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A Group I type greenstone axe head, ovate in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile, and round at the butt end and oval at the blade end in cross section. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved and the butt end is pointed. All surfaces would have originally been pecked and ground but the majority of the axe is now deeply pitted due to weathering with polishing only remaining on the butt and blade end, on both faces, but more remains on the dorsal face of the blade. The deeply pecked face is marked by lighter areas of abrasion which have been caused by later damage, and there are some pa…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-6871F8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A small Group I type greenstone axe head, ovate in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and oval in cross section. The cutting edge is asymmetrically curved and the butt is faceted. All surfaces have been ground; the edges are slightly pitted due to weathering but traces of polishing remain on both faces, especially at the blade end. There is a circular area of deep pecking on one face, approximately 22 mm in diameter and on the opposite face are slight traces of pecking, suggesting that the tool was perhaps re-used for hammering or as a small mortar. The deeply pecked face is marked by se…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-54224A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint edge-trimmed flake, sub-oval in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The dorsal face bears the scars of the removal of at least three thin, earlier, longitudinal flakes or blades, leaving a small area of cortex at the distal end. The careful removal of these earlier flakes suggests the production of small blades and tools. A secondary flake of coarse, mottled grey-brown flint which has been derived from a local beach pebble.
Mercer (1981) illustrates similar edge-trimmed flakes excavated from Carn Brea in Cornwall on page 129, fig.56, nos.L100 & L107, whic…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-541C07
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife, sub-triangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and in section. The large area of cortex remaining on the dorsal face has been thinned by the removal of a large, thin flake which has not penetrated to the interior flint. The striking platform is clearly visible at the proximal end with a pronounced bulb of percussion on the adjacent ventral face. The left margin has been thinned on the dorsal face, removing the cortex with numerous shallow pressure flakes to produces a cutting edge. The opposing right margin has been damaged at a later date, but at the undamaged distal …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-5414D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint backed knife, triangular in plan and plano-convex in section and in profile. The striking platform is clearly visible at the proximal end of the knife, with a pronounced bulb of percussion on the adjacent, ventral face. The tool is made on a secondary flake of mottled light grey local beach flint with a patch of cortex remaining along the right margin of the dorsal face. Beyond the edge of the cortex, this right margin has been retouched to blunt or 'back' the knife in order to make it easier to haft in a handle. The opposing left margin of the dorsal face has been thinned by th…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-540D2C
Object type: AWL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint awl or piercer, 'tear-drop' shaped in plan, and plano-convex in both profile and section. The implement has been steeply retouched along its entire perimeter of the dorsal face resulting in a dual-purpose tool with an awl at the narrow proximal end and a scraper at the wider distal end. Made on a secondary flake of dark grey-brown flint, with a small patch of cortex remaining on its dorsal face, which is likely to be derived from imported flint, perhaps from Beer Head in Devon where this colour and translucency is common. The tool is sharp-edged and unbroken.
Bond (2004) illu…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-54035A
Object type: DENTICULATE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert pointed denticulate, an elongated triangle in plan and profile and a short triangle in section. The bulb of percussion is missing but the conchoidal ripples from the striking of the blade from the original core are clearly visible on the ventral face. When viewed from the dorsal side the left margin has been blunted by the removal of numerous, small, vertical pressure flakes and there is denticulate working along the opposite, right margin of the dorsal face and on the other side, the left margin of the ventral face. The chert is a dark brown colour and is imported from outside …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-53F34C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint broken leaf-shaped arrowhead dating from the Neolithic period. The tip is pointed but almost half of the opposite end is missing, which would have been attached or hafted to the arrow shaft, so was probably still attached when this was broken during hunting. The arrowhead is tear-shaped in plan with the point slightly waisted as it tapers to the distal end and the proximal end slightly angled as it curves around to the broken edge, suggesting it is a Type 3B, letter n in Green's 1980 classification illustrated in Bond (2004) on page 123, fig.5.107. Bifacially worked with fine re…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-53A46D
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Beaker period, from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (c.2500-1500 BC). The arrowhead is triangular in plan with curved sides and lenticular in both profile and section. It has low angle retouch on about half of both faces, with fine pressure-flaked retouch on all of the margins. Both barbs are pointed and the tang is wide and slightly longer than the barbs and gently rounded at the base, placing it within the Beaker barbed and tanged arrowhead group Sutton B, Type g, of Green's 1980 classification illustrated in Bond (2004) o…
Created on: Monday 17th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-C135B0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A greensand chert blade, made on a broad, tertiary flake with no cortex remaining, sub-rectangular in plan, plano-convex in profile and triangular in section. The proximal end has been thinned by the removal of a small flake from the dorsal face resulting in the loss of the striking platform. A small bulb of percussion is visible on the ventral face which is otherwise slightly concave. The scars of removal of two earlier longitudinal flakes are visible on the dorsal face, resulting in the triangular section of the flake. The right and left margins of the dorsal face have been retouch…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C11667
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint double-ended scraper, oval in plan and steeply domed, being plano-convex in profile and in section. Made on a secondary flake with a large patch of cortex remaining on about three-quarters of the dorsal face. The proximal end of the dorsal face has been trimmed by the removal of four almost vertical flakes which have also removed the striking platform, as well as the bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The resulting edge is slightly damaged, possibly by use as a scraper. At the distal end about six or seven almost vertical flakes have also been removed, followed by a serie…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C0ECA9
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six broken or snapped flint blades. With one exception, where a small patch of cortex remains, all are tertiary removals with no cortex remaining. Three are distal fragments and three are medial fragments, all with evidence of conchoidal rippling on their ventral faces. The surface colour of the fragments varies from pale grey to a mottled grey-brown. There is no evidence of reworking or use-wear. The blades can be regarded as waste material from several flint-knapping episodes at different periods in prehistory, although the production of blades of this size is more common in the Neo…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C0B6C1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six broken flint flakes, several of which have been snapped off larger flakes and then discarded. One is a primary flake with cortex remaining on the entire dorsal face, two flakes have small patches of cortex remaining at the distal end and two are tertiary flakes with no cortex remaining. One flake retains its striking platform together with a prominent bulb of percussion, three are distal fragments with slight hinge fractures remaining and the last two are medial fragments with evidence of conchoidal rippling on their ventral faces. The surface colour of the smallest, fragmentary, …
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-C0A1B5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven complete flint flakes. Two are primary flakes, with cortex remaining on the whole of the dorsal face, two are secondary flakes with small patches of cortex and three are tertiary fakes with no cortex remaining. The flint is therefore derived from local beach pebbles. The flakes vary in shape from relatively long and wide to short and squat. None of the flakes show any signs of reworking or use-wear so they can be regarded as waste material from various flint-knapping episodes. The surface patination of the flint varies from almost white, through pale grey-brown to unpatinated da…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-9915F5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint backed knife, sub-oval in plan and lenticular in profile and section. A primary flake with the dorsal side retaining a large patch of cortex. There is no remaining evidence of a striking platform or points of percussion. The ventral face of the flake is extensively damaged, partly as a result of shattering during the knapping process due to the poor quality of the flint and partly due to later frost damage which has caused a 'pot lid' fracture at the centre of the face. The dorsal side retains the scars of the removal of several shallow flakes. The distal edge of the dorsal fa…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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Record ID: CORN-990C91
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-and-side scraper, lenticular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and plano-convex in section. A primary flake, wider than it is high, with cortex remaining on almost the entire dorsal face. The point of percussion is clearly visible in the centre of the proximal margin of the ventral face. There is a large bulb of percussion together with a small bulbar scar. The fracturing of the flake has produced an upturned edge around the distal end of the dorsal face, which is ideal for producing a scraper. Between eight and ten narrow vertical pressure flakes have been removed at this p…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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