Record ID: CORN-227708
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint snapped end scraper, semi-circular in plan, triangular in section and in profile. The proximal end and both sides of the dorsal face have been unimarignally retouched. There is also a nick in the right edge of the dorsal face, but this is probably due to damage and not deliberate. The scraper may have been broken through use if enough pressure was applied to shear it off from the other half that was still held in the haft. Alternatively, it may have been broken since being deposited through coming into contact with agricultural machinery. See CORN-2286F2 and CORN-24A3D6 for si…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-228052
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and triangular in section. The arrowhead has been worked on all margins of the dorsal face, but has been more extensively worked towards the distal end, particularly along the left margin. The proximal end has been waisted to be better used for hafting, and has been broken off above the bulb of percussion, on the ventral face. The flint is a grey brown colour and translucent, and was probably knapped from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 14…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-2286F2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint snapped end scraper, semi-circular in plan, triangular in section and trapezoidal in profile. The distal end and both sides of the dorsal face have been unimarignally retouched. The scraper may have been broken through use if enough pressure was applied to shear it off from the other half that was still held in the haft. Alternatively, it may have been broken since being deposited through coming into contact with agricultural machinery. See CORN-227708 and CORN-24A3D6 for similar examples from this site, which suggests that this may have been a more common occurance, as this i…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-228D07
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint backed side scraper, semi-circular in plan and trapezoidal in profile and section. The scraper has been unifacially reworked on the right edge of the dorsal face, from the distal to the proximal end, and naturally truncated on the left edge where cortex remains from the original edge of the flint pebble. The ventral face retains the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light grey to brown colour, made from a local beach pebble, with the orignal cortex remaining along the left edge of the dorsal face, from the distal to the proximal end. The length to …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-229672
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint waisted end and side scraper, almost oval in plan, trapezoidal in profile and triangular in section. The distal end and the lateral margins have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The proximal end has been snapped off at the base of the bulb of percussion. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, probably made from a local beach pebble. There is a thin sliver of cortex running from the medial ridge to the left edge of the dorsal face at the distal end, suggesting that the scraper was made from a secondary flake. The length to breadth ratio is almost 6:5…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-229C76
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint snapped side scraper, semi-circular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The scraper has been unifacially reworked on the right edge of the dorsal face and naturally truncated on the left edge where cortex remains from the original edge of the flint pebble. The ventral face retains the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, made from a local beach pebble, with some of the orignal cortex remaining at the distal end of the dorsal face. The length to breadth ratio is about 4:3. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar e…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-2497E6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint borer or piercer, with the spurred end to the left side of the distal end, looking at the dorsal face. The borer is 'P'-shaped in plan, lozenge-shaped in section and triangular in profile. The borer has been unimarginally retouched on the left margin of the dorsal face, to create the spur, and the left margin of the ventral face, on the other side of the spur. There is also some retouch at the base of the right margin of the dorsal face, towards the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light grey to white colour, with some iron staining on the both faces, and the length to bre…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-24A3D6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint snapped end scraper, an elongated semi-circular in plan, triangular in section and trapezoidal in profile. The distal end and both sides of the dorsal face have been unimarignally retouched. The scraper may have been broken through use if enough pressure was applied to shear it off from the other half that was still held in the haft. Alternatively, it may have been broken since being deposited through coming into contact with agricultural machinery. See CORN-2286F2 and CORN-227708 for similar examples, which suggests that this may have been a more common occurance, as this is …
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-24ADF7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint thumbnail scraper, almost circular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile, and semi-circular in section. The distal end and lateral margins have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The proximal end has been snapped off at the base of the bulb of percussion. The flint is a mottled dark grey colour with white specs, probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is 1:1. Bond illustrates a similar example on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.6, which is dated to the Beaker period, and another on page 154, Fig.5.138, No.4, which is dated to the Bronze Age.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-24B711
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end and side scraper, almost triangular in plan, rectangular in profile and lozenge-shaped in section. The proximal end and the left lateral margin have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The left margin of the ventral face has also been retouched, towards the distal end. This edge is notched and may have been used as a graver. The distal end has been created by a curved hinge-fracture which makes it look folded. The proximal end has been snapped off at the base of the bulb of percussion. The flint is a mottled light grey to white colour, probably made from a lo…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-24CDA2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint backed side scraper semi-circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile and section. The scraper has been unifacially reworked on the right edge of the dorsal face, from the proximal to the distal end, and naturally truncated on the left edge where cortex remains from the original edge of the flint pebble. The ventral face retains the bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, made from a local beach pebble, with some of the orignal cortex remaining on the left edge of the dorsal face, from the proximal to the distal end. The len…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-8CC3C2
Object type: MACEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete doleritic greenstone cushion macehead or shafthole adze, oval in plan, tapering slightly towards one end, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. Both ends have been worked to form an edge which could have been used for chopping as well as hammering. The implement has been worked from a beach cobble and would have been collected from the coast. It would have then been pecked and ground into shape and the central hole bored by using sand and a drill. The shaft is 30 mm in diameter and is circular in plan and has a slight 'hour-glass' shape in profile suggesting that it has…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-A42C21
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Snapped flint pointed flake, oval in plan, semi-circular in profile and triangular in section, with minimal retouch on the right and left margins of the dorsal face. The flint is slightly translucent and grey in colour with a small fragment of cortex remaining on the left margin of the dorsal face at the proximal end. The colour and size suggest that it was probably made from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 2:1. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 137, Fig.5.124, No.F24, which is dated to the Earlier Neolithic, and another on page 143, Fi…
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-DB49D2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint plano-convex pointed knife, lozenge-shaped in plan, semi-circular in profile and triangular in section. Both the lateral margins and the distal and the proximal ends are worked on the dorsal face. These are finely retouched with what appears to be pressure flaking. The remains of surface gloss on the right edge of the dorsal face of the knife shows that it was used against organic matter. The flint is a mottled light grey to translucent brown colour and could therefore be made from local flint sources. The length to breadth ratio is a bit more than 3:1. Bond (2004) illustra…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-686F43
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and section. The arrowhead has been bifacially worked on all margins, but has been more extensively worked on the right margin of the dorsal face, and the left margin of the ventral face, to form the point. Some cortex remains on the opposite margins, the left margin of the dorsal face and the right margin of the ventral face. The base of the arrowhead, where it would have been hafted, has been broken off, probably during use. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey colour, and was probably knapped from a local…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2013
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Record ID: CORN-C33286
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert axe head, triangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The axe has been bifacially worked throughout and both margins have been retouched on both faces. The hafted end of the axe, opposite the blade, is flat and probably forms part of the original platform for working the axe. There are polished areas, due to use, on both faces of the axe, on and above the blade edge, and patches of iron staining on the surface. The chert is honey-coloured and is typical of the greensand chert found on the south coast of Devon and Dorset. So this axe was probably imported, eit…
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-033414
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint notched blade and awl or piercer which is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section and almost flat in profile. The distal end has been bifacially retouched to form an awl and a graver edge, and both the right and left edges have been bifacially retouched in places, but not along the whole edge, forming a blade. The proximal end still retains a layer of cortex from the surface of the flint pebble. The flint is a mottled light to dark gray colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 2:1. Bond (2004) illustrates examples …
Created on: Monday 1st October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-034455
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a flint flake with a tang at the proximal end, triangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in section and almost flat in profile. The flake may be waste after an attempt was made to work it into a transverse arrowhead or a serrated blade or saw. There is some evidence of working on the right margin of the dorsal face and the right margin of the ventral face, in order to create the tang, but the upper edges are just nicked naturally. A slight medial ridge has also been created on both faces, but these appear to be defined by the conchoidal fractures emanating away from the impacts of…
Created on: Monday 1st October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-772703
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint laurel leaf-shaped arrowhead, ovate in plan, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with traces of grinding and polishing on the medial ridge of the dorsal face. The arrowhead is bifacially retouched around the entire circumference of the piece, on all margins, including the proximal end where the curvature of the edge ends in a slight barb on the right margin of the ventral face. This end might have been reworked after the original tip of the arrowhead broke off, probably during use, in order to form a new point. The flint is an opaque light grey colour, which suggests th…
Created on: Sunday 9th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-71BC22
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Jadeite axehead, tear-drop shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with patches of glassy polish and iron staining. The axehead was analysed non-destructively, using scattered reflectance spectroradiometry, in October 2007 as part of an international French project, Projet JADE, covering all axeheads of Alpine rock in Europe. The project is directed by Dr Pierre Petrequin, until recently of CNRS and the University of Besancon. The analysis was undertaken by Dr Michel Errera (then of the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium) at the CNRS Lab…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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