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Record ID: HAMP-594273
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint adze or axehead of Mesolithic date. It has an asymmetrical hexagonal cross-section with comparable areas above and below the median line; where the upper surface thins the lower surface thickens and vice versa along the length of the artefact. A small patch of cortex remains in a slight depression central on the upper surface; flaking has otherwise removed all of the cortex. On the upper surface there are three long removals at the tip at the distal end, one central, the others to each side (cf. an adze illustrated in Butler 2005, 106; ref. 42.1). At the tip a…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-1CD500
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary waste flake: probable debitage of Mesolithic or later date. The flake is broadly semicircular in plan and a shallow U shape in profile. There is cortex along the struck end. The ventral face is curved and smooth with evident ridges down its length and a high bulb. The dorsal face is broadly flattened as a result of two main removals, with some minor removals at the sides probably the result of post-depositional damage. The piece is thin enough to be translucent with some impurities in the flint giving it a light-brown colour.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-620B85
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five struck flakes of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. They are characterised by unidirectional removals to the dorsal surface and smooth ventral surfaces. Two curve round to one side at their distal ends. They are generally of a light-grey flint, patinated a whiter colour in general, some with patches of iron staining at the arrises. They range from 79.1 by 42.5mm to 51.05 by 19.05mm; a combined weight is given below.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-61BD74
Object type: PICK
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint pick roughout of Mesolithic date. It has a broadly plano-convex cross-section with a flatter lower surface and high, rounded upper surface. The nodule has not been worked at the butt end which retains its usually thick, angular quality; the thickness extends up the shaft to one side. The nodule also curves round to one side at this end. This presumably restricts the use of this object to a hand tool, if indeed it was sufficiently finished to be utilised. On the central ridge of the upper surface cortex has been left along most of its length; this extends to th…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-619476
Object type: PICK
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint pick of Mesolithic date. It has a broadly plano-convex cross-section with a flatter lower surface and high, rounded upper surface. On the central ridge of the upper surface cortex has been left along most of its length; this extends round to one side and over to the other surface at the thinned butt end. On the upper surface there are longitudinal removals to the tip at the distal end. On the lower surface there is a possible 'tranchet' removal. The sides are fairly straight and slightly battered but the removals are generally fairly crisp. The flint is a ligh…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-614112
Object type: TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete knapped flint adze or axehead of Mesolithic date. It has an asymmetrical hexagonal cross-section with a flatter lower surface and more steeply bevelled upper surface. On the central ridge the cortex has been left (these are the surviving surfaces); there is also some cortex at one corner of the butt end. On the upper surface there are three long removals up the tip at the distal end, one central, the others to each side (cf. an adze illustrated in Butler 2005, 106; ref. 42.1). On the lower surface there is what seems to be a 'tranchet' removal, retouched longitudinally to o…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-4AC434
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint core tool of Mesolithic date: a 'Thames pick' (given the findspot), more specifically a probable tranchet adze. Some possible cortex appears to have been left at a facet at the butt end; the cortex has otherwise been removed from the nodule in its entirety through hammer flaking. The tool has an asymmetrical biconvex cross section. The butt end is reasonably straight, with an unusual hinged fracture on the lower surface. The upper surface has a high central longitudinal ridge, bevelled to each side, and a steep, 'tranchet' removal at the blade end. The lower s…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Twickenham CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-339712
Object type: MICROBURIN
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of twenty flint Mesolithic bladelet fragments created through transverse lateral or diagonal snapping, probably microburins - waste from the production of microliths from bladelets. The artefacts measure between c. 11.1 and 24.3mm long. They are generally sub-rectangular, or sub-trapezoidal. Most of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively; on others there is further working. On many the bulb of percussion is visible; others are identifiably distal. The colours range through the…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-32CCB5
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of nineteen flint Mesolithic bladelet fragments created through transverse lateral or diagonal snapping, possibly used as microlithic components of larger objects. The artefacts measure between c. 12.6 and 28.5mm long. They are generally sub-rectangular, by definition. Most of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively; on others there is further working. The colours range through the greys, with one a browner hue in places. Only on one piece (that top left on the image) is there …
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-322C75
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of ten flint Mesolithic bladelets, four of which truncated after snapping. The complete bladelets measure between c. 34mm (+/- c. 1.5mm). Most of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively; on others there is further working. The colours range through the greys, with one a browner hue in places. There is no evidence of retouching. On two cortex remains.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-320E77
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of five flint Mesolithic blades, two of which truncated after snapping. The complete blades measure between 60.5 (by 22.15) and 88.7mm (by 20.9mm). All of the pieces have either two or three longitudinal scars on the dorsal face giving them a triangular or trapezoidal cross-section respectively. The colour is mostly variable light grey, with one a browner hue in places. There is no evidence of retouching.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2FFF24
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Mesolithic flint scraper of irregular five-sided form. The ventral face has some fairly heavy angled removals, possibly post-depositional damage. There are three longitudinal flake scars on the dorsal face. The main area of retouch is on the dorsal face on the right hand edge, some quite abrupt, with a remnant of cortex above. There are further, less obvious retouch marks on the distal end (left side) of the same face. This flint is largely grey-brown, with a light-grey area.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2FDCD4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forty-nine pieces of tertiary Mesolithic flint waste (debitage) from an assemblage, not diagnostically blade forms or core rejuvenation flakes. They have a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but none exhibit any obvious retouch. They are mostly of light or mid-grey flint, with some bluer and browner hues. Most are between 20 and 30mm long, with some small chippings and some larger flakes (up to 58.6mm). A few pieces show the crazed surface characteristic of fire cracking.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2F5ED5
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of Mesolithic tertiary waste flakes with evidence of retouching. One is broadly L-shaped (38.3 by 34.6 by 13.1mm; W.: 11.76g), the shape in part created by the formation of a notch in the crook of the flake through abrupt retouch. It has scarring around a prominent bulb of percussion (image above). The second piece is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded distal end (47.8 by 26.3 by 13.0mm (max.); W.: 11.58). It has a high triangular cross-section (Th.: 12.85mm), a removal at the distal end on the dorsal face flattening it out at this end. There is evidence of retouching fairl…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-2F21D5
Object type: CORE REJUVENATION FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of three Mesolithic waste flakes, probably core rejuvanation flakes. They are all slightly curved in profile, and relatively thick (up to 10.8mm), with broadly triangular cross-sections. They are of a mid-grey flint with some lighter and some darker areas. They measure between 35 and 40mm in length; a combined weight is given below.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-F39C24
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A core in grey flint of Mesolithic date, elongated, sub-rectangular in plan. The scars show removal of blades, and bladelets, from different striking points. A small area of white chalky cortex survives; the core is otherwise grey, varying from light to dark, through mid grey.
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-5F7481
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint adze or axe of Mesolithic date. Some cortex has been left at the butt end and extends up the centre of the lower surface of the tool, just over a third of the length. The upper surface has a high central ridge, bevelled to each side, and a steep, 'tranchet' removal at the blade end. The lower surface has a shallower central ridge, bevelled to each side, with longer, far more shallow, removals at the blade end. The sides are slightly wavy and battered but the removals are generally fairly crisp. The flint is a mottled light-grey colour with some darker and s…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-092045
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable utilised flint flake of later prehistoric date. The crude flake is sub-oval in form. It retains a high point just in from the proximal end on the dorsal face from which large removals travel to the edges, very gradually in angle in terms of the distal end. The ventral face is relatively smooth and convex as is expected. There is possible retouch along the left side and distal edge of the ventral face, as well as some larger removals towards the distal end. The flint is of a brown colour, translucent at its thinnest points.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-D3AF81
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A utilised flint flake of later prehistoric date. The crude flake is sub-triangular in form. It retains a high point just in from the proximal end on the dorsal face from which large removals travel to the edges, very gradually in angle in terms of the distal end. The ventral face is relatively flat as is expected. On the steep face towards the proximal end on the dorsal face a patch of cortex has been retained. There is some possible retouch along the sides. The arrises have some orange staining; the flint is otherwise a variable light grey colour.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-FCA5B3
Object type: PICK
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint pick of Mesolithic (or early Neolithic) date, rolled and polished by water action. Both faces are bevelled, but one in a more definite triangular cross-section. There are removals all over the surface of the pick; no cortex is present. The butt is oblique while the cutting end is now rounded due to wear. Both longitudinal edges have been 'battered', a common feature on implements of this type. The light grey flint has become weathered, and in many areas has taken on yellow and orange hues from iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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