Record ID: CORN-08FFC5
Object type: POINT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint projectile point, retouched on the distal end of the dorsal face but not worked on the ventral face; retouched on both the left and right mesial edges at the distal end, but retouched also all the way down the right edge from the distal end or point to the proximal or butt end; the flint varies from grey to white in colour and cortex remains on the dorsal face, covering about half the surface area Neolithic
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Sunday 26th June 2011
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Record ID: CORN-093BC5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, retouched bifacially on both the dorsal and the ventral faces and on both the left and right mesial edges from the distal end, the point, to the proximal or butt end; the flint is translucent and grey-brown in colour; cortex remains on the left edge of the dorsal face and on the butt end of the arrowhead which would have been mounted onto an arrow shaft Neolithic
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-AD5DC1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint serrated blade, narrow and lozenge-shaped in plan, triangular in section, and slightly convex and arched in profile, with sub-parallel lateral margins, bimarginal worked edges, and rounded distal and proximal ends. Some cortex remains at the tip of the distal end on the dorsal face and from the proximal end, running along the dorsal ridge for about 20 mm, which suggests that the implement has been made from a secondary flake. There are also a number of scratch marks on the ventral face of the distal end, running from the right edge inwards, and more scratch marks running from the…
Created on: Sunday 17th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-AE1F93
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end and side scraper, extended and ovate in plan, trapezoidal in section, and concave and arched in profile, with sub-parallel lateral margins, unimarginal worked edges on the dorsal face, and rounded distal and proximal ends. The distal end has been retouched to create a cutting edge with an angle between 70º and 90º, which makes the edge effective for scraping but not acute enough to accidentally cut or slice the material being worked. The proximal end bears the remains of the bulb of percussion on the ventral side, and just below this, radiating out towards the edge that is…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Record ID: CORN-D845B6
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint serrated blade or saw, ovate in plan, lozenge-shaped in section, and convex and arched in profile, with sub-parallel lateral margins, unimarginal worked edges, and a rounded distal end and truncated proximal end. There are two notches, one near the distal end on the left edge of the dorsal face, and one near the proximal end on the right edge of the dorsal face. No cortex survives on the dorsal face, which suggests that the implement has been made from a tertiary flake. There are also a number of scratch marks on the ventral face of the right edge, running from the edge inwards, …
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-ECA778
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint flake that is almost rectangular in plan, with sub-parallel lateral margins, and lozenge-shaped in section, with two parallel dorsal ridges. The flake seems to have snapped along a natural facet at the distal end of the flint, creating a right angle to the right edge of the blade. The right edge and the distal end seem to have been prepared for more reworking, but not reworked as such (Alison Roberts, Ashmolean Museum, pers comm). The distal end is plano-convex in profile suggesting that the flake may have used as some sort of planing tool, and there is evidence of usewear in the…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-ED2947
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint serrated blade that is sub-rectangular in plan, with sub-parallel lateral margins, and triangular in section, with a central dorsal ridge. The original flake was struck off a large blade core with two platforms. No cortex remains suggesting that this is a tertiary flake. The blade seems to have been prepared but not reworked as such (Alison Roberts, Ashmolean Museum, pers comm). The ventral face has some scarring above the proximal end, possibly caused by frost fracture, running from the centre of the blade to the left edge. There are two notches just above the bulb of percussion…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-ED6E08
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint double-sided thumbnail scraper that is shaped like a keyhole in plan and is convex in profile, with the bulb of percussion half way along the right side of the scraper on the ventral face. The scraper has been unimarginally retouched on the both the right and left edges of the dorsal face, after having been cut away or waisted on both edges below the reworked edge. But this implement was not waisted for hafting. The concave indentation, created by the inside of the bulb of percussion, allows the thumb to rest there and push the scraper either way. The flint is dark grey-bro…
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-3ECF65
Object type: GUNFLINT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small platform gun-flint, probably from a pocket pistol, almost square in plan, with sub-parallel lateral margins, and trapezoidal in section and in profile, with parallel faces. A flint core would have been quartered and knapped with metal punches to produce suitably broad rectangular flakes which would then have been dressed and segmented into square chunks. The flint has bimarginal worked edges, and worked distal and proximal ends. Apart from the edges, the ventral face is smooth and flat. The dorsal face is chamfered on both sides and at both ends, having been retouched abruptly…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4055B7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint thumbnail scraper, semi-circular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The distal end and lateral margins have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The proximal end has been snapped off on the left side of the dorsal face, and on the right side of the ventral face where the bulb of percussion is. This broken edge may have extended to a point originally to mimic the point on the other side of the proximal end. The flint is a mottled grey colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1. Bond illustrates …
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4152A2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, arrow-shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. The two barbs are short and stunted and do not extend to the end of the tang, but instead are at right-angles to the tang and end at the point where the tang begins. The arrowhead is bifacially worked throughout and there are two notches, one half way along the left edge of the ventral face, and the other between that and the point. The flint is a dark grey colour, and may have come from Beer Head in Devon. The length to breadth ratio is 3:2. Bond illustrates a similar example on…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-4196E3
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint short end and side scraper, ovate in plan, flat and sub-rectangular in profile and triangular in section. The distal end and right edge of the dorsal face are unimarginally reworked. There is also a notch a third of the way along from the distal end on the left edge of the ventral side, but this may have been produced by more recent damage. The flint is a mottled light grey colour, with iron-staining on the surface of both faces, and probably was knapped from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is 3:2. Bond illustrates similar examples of end scrapers…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-042067
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint short end and side scraper, triangular in plan, flat and trapezoidal in profile and triangular in section. The distal end and right edge of the dorsal face are unimarginally reworked. Some of the cortex remains on the left edge of the dorsal face. The flint is slightly translucent and dark brown-grey in colour. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2. Bond (2004) illustrates similar examples of end scrapers on page 56, Fig.5.22, No.L5; page 151, Fig.5.135, No.F112; and page 154, Fig.5.138, No.19, which are dated to the Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 2nd October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6C0C67
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint conchoidal flake with smooth conchoidal fractures rippling along the ventral face away from the bulbar scar, or bulb of percussion, and similarly on the dorsal face, within the negative flake scar. There is retouch from the proximal end, down the right edge of the dorsal face, but the denticulations down the same edge on the ventral face look more like the resultant damage. This might have then been used as a crude saw, but there is no evidence of use wear, unless that is what has caused the damage to the proximal end. The colour of the flint is a mottled mid to dark grey. …
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6C3381
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end and sidescraper, subrectangular in plan, trapezoidal in section, and triangular and arched in profile, with sub-parallel lateral margins, unimarginal worked edges on the right edge of dorsal face, and at the distal end. The right edge has been retouched to create a cutting edge with an angle of about 80º to 90º angle and distal end has been retouched to create an angle between 50º and 60º, which makes the edge effective for scraping but not acute enough to accidentally cut or slice the material being worked. The ventral side bears a long line of parallel scarring, running…
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6C5618
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper with a hinge fracture or hinge termination at the distal end of the ventral face. The dorsal face has been unimarginally retouched from the proximal end down both the right and left edges. The colour of the flint is a mottled beigey gray with litte specks of iron staining on both faces. No cortex remains on the surface of the flake, which suggests that it is a tertiary flake. The length to breadth ratio is 1:1. Andrefsky (1998), illustrates an example of a flake with a hinge termination on page 86, Fig. 5.1(c). Bond (2004) illustrates a similar type…
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6C6A02
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint retouched notched scraper, saw or spurred piece. The flake is unimarginally retouched on the distal end, creating three notches and one spur, and on the right edge of the dorsal face. The colour of the flint is a translucent light to dark gray brown. About a third of the dorsal face is covered in cortex which suggests that this was a secondary flake. The ratio of length to breadth is about 1:1. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example of a notched saw on page 143, Fig.5.129, No.F150, and spurred pieces, Nos.F153 & F154 which are all dated to the Later Neolithic.
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-6C7AB6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint conchoidal flake with smooth conchoidal fractures rippling along the ventral face away from the bulbar scar, or bulb of percussion, and similarly on the dorsal face, within the negative flake scars. There is unimarignal retouch from the proximal end, down the right edge of the dorsal face, creating a slight notch about half way along the edge. There is also unimarginal retouch down the right edge of the ventral face, creating a definite notch about half way along. These notches might have been made in preparation for knapping the flake into a leaf-shaped arrowhead, as it looks as…
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-835A32
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint thumbnail scraper, circular in plan and semi-circular in profile and section. The distal end and lateral margins have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The proximal end of the dorsal face is still covered in cortex, suggesting that this is a secondary flake. The ventral face preserves the smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the snapped off bulb of percussion at the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light gray brown colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1. Bond illustrate…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-83AF78
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade or knife flake, lozenge-shaped in plan and section and semi-circular in profile. The proximal end and lateral margins have been bifacially retouched. Towards the distal end of the dorsal face, running along the left edge, are the remains of a strip of cortex, suggesting that this is a secondary flake. The dorsal face preserves an area of smooth conchoidal fractures rippling away from the proximal end. The flint is a mottled light to dark gray colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is about 2:1. Bond il…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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