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Record ID: PUBLIC-EDE8F6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint end-scraper or 'thumbnail' scraper of Neolithic or early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been manufactured on a primary cortical flake and is discoidal in plan view, retaining c. 50% of its original cortex, possibly for the purpose of facilitating grip. The piece retains its cortical platform and a slightly diffuse bulb of percussion, although no bulbar scar is visible. In profile, the scraper is broadly plano-convex and very squat, which is typical of scrapers from this period. The piece has been retouched intensively at the distal end, with multiple long sub-parale…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EE699C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end-scraper of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper is a light grey in colour with brown and white mottling visible, although it is relatively unpatinated. About 30% of the dorsal surface comprises of cortex, which may have been left in order to facilitate an individual's grip. The scraper is extremely squat and thick, which is typical for examples from the Later Neolithic onwards. An extremely prominent bulb of percussion indicates that this piece was struck with a hard hammer. In plan view, the scraper is semi-circular in shape and plano-convex in profi…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EE9A89
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint side and end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date, c. 4000-1500 BC. The scraper is unpatinated and black in colour, with some lighter greyish banding visible. Manufactured on a primary flake, the piece retains c. 60% cortex on its dorsal surface. The flake has a slight concavity in its centre, and is broadly plano-convex in profile. The platform of the scraper is cortical and a prominent bulb of percussion is visible, suggesting that this piece was struck with a hard-hammer. The piece has been retouched around its entire circumference excepting the…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EF875B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint side and end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date, c. 4000-2500 BC. The scraper is sub-discoidal in form and demonstrates retouch around its entire circumference, excepting the platform. The scraper is un-patinated but demonstrates a reddish green colour and large white inclusions consistent with material that derives from clay-with-flints deposits. A large flake negative is visible on the dorsal surface, and the platform (lenticular in shape) has been partially chipped away, although the bulb of percussion and bulbar scar remain. The retouch is sc…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EFDC9F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper is dark grey in colour with white banding visible and occasional inclusions scattered throughout the piece. The scraper is broadly fan-shaped in plan and a small amount of cortex is visible on the dorsal left edge. The dorsal right edge at the proximal end has been heavily scalloped as to isolate the platform and bulb of percussion, although these themselves have not been removed entirely. The piece has been retouched intensively at the distal end, with scalar short removals in evidence at a semi-abrupt angle…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F00BD7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date, c. 4000-2500 BC. The piece is dark grey in colour with white and lighter grey mottling visible. Around 40% of the dorsal surface is covered in cortex, which is a light yellowish brown colour. A single negative scar flake is visible on the dorsal surface, which corresponds to the single dorsal arrise which runs down the centre of the piece. The secondary working on the piece is localised to the distal end, where semi-abrupt short scalar retouch is visible. The bulb of percussion is prominent and lipped but n…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F042AD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end-scraper, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, The scraper is heavily patinated and now demonstrates a solid white outer crust which in places fades to lighter mottled grey. Some iron and manganese staining is visible on the dorsal and ventral surfaces. The piece is broadly sub-oval in plan, and plano-convex in section. Two dorsal arrises are visible on the dorsal surface, with a single flake negative scar between from a prior removal. The ventral surface demonstrates a prominent bulb of percussion with a small bulbar scar, and a second bulb of percussion…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: SUSS-7BA719
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end scraper dating to the later Neolithic or Bronze Age, c. 3000-1150 BC. It is broadly horseshoe-shaped, with a straight butt and rounded working edge. Manufactured on a hard hammer secondary or tertiary flake struck from a core of mottled medium to light grey flint, it retains c. 20-30% cortex on its dorsal face coincident with a single arrise. The platform is sub-triangular in plan and demonstrates no signs of preparation, with a prominent bulb and small erallieur scar on its ventral face. Secondary modification in the form of directly applied scalar/steppe…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Near Petersfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-E65736
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint end-scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper is a light brownish grey in colour with light brown cortex and small patches of mottled white and blue patination. In terms of condition, the piece is extremely fresh. The bulb of percussion on the ventral side is extremely prominent, indicating hard hammer percussion, and part of the platform (which itself is plain, irregularly shaped and shows no evidence of preparation) has splintered off. At the distal end, the flake has been retouched, which is semi-abrupt in angle and stepped. Cortex covers c…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E67888
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint end-scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 3000-1500 BC). The scraper has been manufactured on the distal fragment of a secondary or tertiary flake, which itself demonstrates a prominent negative hinge termination in its dorsal surface. The scraper is dark grey in colour with lighter grey patches and white inclusions scattered throughout the materia, and retains c. 10% cortex on its dorsal surface. The piece has been retouched extensively at its distal end in order to blunt it, with long sub-parallell semi-abrupt removals dominating. In terms …
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E6A15E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint side-scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 3000-1500 BC). The scraper has been manufactured on a cortical flake, although the distal end and platform are now missing, having probably broken off on detachment, although part of the bulbar scar is still visible on the ventral face. Cortex covers c. 70% of the surface and the fint is a light grey colour with a mixture of large and small white inclusions. Some iron staining is visible on the dorsal cortex. The piece has been retouched continuously on the dorsal left edge (which is convex), with sh…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E7C28E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete end-scraper of Later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 3000-1500 BC). The scraper is a whitish grey colour with a calcined surface which indicates that this piece has been burned. Some orange iron staining is visible on the dorsal surface. The scraper has been retouched around its whole edge, which is generally comprised of short semi-abrupt and scalar removals. The break has resulted in only the distal end of the scraper being extant, with the platform and bulb of percussion completely missing.
Measurements;
Length down percussion axis (mm): 20.17
Maximum wid…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E811B6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint scraper of probable Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 3000-1500 BC). The scraper has been manufactured on a tertiary flake which is whitish grey in colour, with only 10% cortex remaining on the dorsal surface. The flake itself has been removed with a hard hammer, as evinced by a prominent bulb of percussion and large bulbar scar. The platform is lenticular in shape and demonstrates no preparation. At the distal end, abrupt scalar retouch is heavily localised to a very small area, while the area of the distal end adjacent to this localised working has been no…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0FC9F9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper has been manufactured on a tertiary flint flake that is dark bluish black in colouration, with small white inclusions and demonstrating little evidence of patination. The original support was probably detached by hard hammer percussion, and a single negative removal is visible on the dorsal surface. The platform is sub-lenticular in shape and plain, showing no evidence of trimming or preparation. On the ventral side, a bulbar scar of small size is visible.
The support is somewhat irregular in shape w…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A0ADCB
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete end-scraper, probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 3000-1500 BC). The scraper has been manufactured on a secondary flake of dark blackish brown colouration, which is now missing most of its originally convex scraping edge due to heating and fire damage, as evinced by small calcined white patches and fritted areas on the dorsal surface of the support. Only a small amount of the original retouch that constituted the scraping edge is still visible, which is present on the dorsal right edge. This retouch is scalar, abrupt and has been directly applied…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A0D979
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete double side-scraper, probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age (c. 3000-1500 BC). Only the proximal fragment of the scraper remains, with the mesial and distal fragments having been lost in an old break, probably post-deposition. The tool has been manufactured on a tertiary flake, with only a small patch of cortex extant on the dorsal surface. Along both dorsal edges, abrupt scalar directly applied retouch is visible, which the later break has cut through. A single negative removal is visible on the dorsal surface, while the ventral surface demonstrates a large…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1DF9A4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end-scraper of probably Neolithic or Bronze Age date (c. 4000-1500 BC). The scraper has been manufactured on the distal and mesial sections of a tertiary flake, which itself is a light brownish colour with a large central yellowish brown inclusion. The flake termination towards its proximal end takes the form of a step fracture indicating that the support broke on detachment, probably from a hard hammer. A single prominent dorsal arrise runs down the central axis of the piece. Around the circumference of the distal end and extending part of the way onto the do…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1E4092
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end-scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper has been manufactured on a tertiary flake of light mottled brownish orange colouration. Two prominent dorsal arrises are visible, with a single blade removal in evidence. The support demonstrates a prominent double bulb of percussion concurrent with a prepared sub-lenticular platform, the former indicating an initial failed detachment through use of hard hammer percussion. Around the distal end, which is convex in plan view, short scalar directly applied retouch is visible which serves to blunt …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1E86C9
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint end scraper of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date, dating c. 4000-1500 BC. The scraper has been manufactured on an elongated tertiary flake of light bluish grey flint with mottled grey inclusions. Two prominent dorsal arrises are visble, indicating previous removals from the upper face of the tool prior to secondary modification. The ventral side of the scraper demonstrates a prominent cone of percussion consistent with hard hammer percussion. The platform is partially splintered and irregularly shaped, demonstrating no evidence of preparation. Retouch is l…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-245483
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint scraper dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2800-1500 BC). The scraper is sub-discoidal in form and has been retouched around c. 3/4 of its circumference. The bulb and proximal end of the original support have been intentionally removed. The scraper has been manufactured on a thick primary or secondary flake of dark black flint with c. 20% cortex remaining on its dorsal surface, which on the ventral face has patinated a greenish grey colour with small white inclusions visible. The retouch on the object is generally abrupt, directly applied and scalar …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1FF5A5
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete retouched flint flake, probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, c. 4000-1500 BC. The flake is a dark bluish black in colour and demonstrates superficial white patination on its surfaces. Edge damage revealing a darker brown underlying colour is visible on the dorsal right left edges, which creates the impression of pseudo-retouch. The proximal end of the flake has been retouched extensively, with chipping present to thin the face on the dorsal face and indirectly applied short scalar removals focused around the platform and proximal dorsal left end, which has created…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EC2415
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint retouched flake of probably Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The flake is unpatinated and light brown in colour, with two dorsal arrises on the upper surface and two negative flake scars visible (one terminating in a hinge fracture). The platform is extremely irregular in shape and at least 50% seems to have splintered off on detachment. A prominent bulb of percussion and small bulbar scar are visible on the ventral surface, with the flake demonstrating a feather type termination. Some long sub-parallell retouch removals are visible at the distal end of the dorsal right …
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-EF2E1A
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete retouched flake of probable Neolithic date, c. 4000-2500 BC. The flake is relatively patinated, being light whitish grey colour with small scattered bluish inclusions. The flake has been secondarily worked in four separate places; firstly, directly applied retouch (achieved through pressure-flaking) on the dorsal left edge at the distal end. Secondly, directly on the dorsal right edge on the distal end (also achieved through pressure-flaking). Thirdly, inversely on the dorsal left edge (pressure flaked). Fourthly, inversely on the dorsal right edge. In the first three cases…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A070C2
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete retouched flake of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, c. 3000-1500 BC. The tool has been manufactured on a secondary flake fragment. The distal section of the support obliquely terminates in a step fracture, probably contemporary with its detachment. The raw material is a mottled light/dark grey colour, with large light brown inclusions. The platform has partially broken off, and two flake negative scars are visible on the dorsal side, along with a patch of cortex which probably covers c. 20% of the piece, while the ventral side demonstrates a prominent bulb of percu…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2110C4
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete retouched flake of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, dating c. 4000-1500 BC. The tool has been manufactured on a tertiary flake of mottled black/grey flint, which due to its prominent bulb of percussion seems to have been detached through use of a hard hammer. The piece demonstrates a prepared irregularly shaped platform and two prominent dorsal arrises, being broadly sub-triangular in plan view. The flake demonstrates three areas of working on the dorsal right, doral left and distal edges. The dorsal left lateral proximal edge demonstrates two small patches of semi-abrupt alte…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-7C2629
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint lithic implement of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date, c. 4000-1500 BC. It is sub-oval in plan, being manufactured on a tertiary flake of brownish black flint. One face is plain and retains the remains of its bulb of percussion/erallieur scar, while the opposing face has been heavily worked with directly applied invasive retouch (long removals) possibly occuring via soft hammer. Preserved in relatively fresh condition with apparently little edge damage, it measures 43.31mm in length (down its percussion axis), 39.51mm wide at its widest point, and 16.51…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Near Petersfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-218FFC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete modified plano-convex knife of Bronze Age date, c. 2500-1500 BC. The knife demonstrates several phases of reworking and differential use, which are discussed hypothetically below.
The original use of this piece seems to have been as a dorsally pressure-flaked plano-convex knife of sub-triangular form. Originally this knife was only worked on one side, but upon re-working the manufacturer took it upon themselves to pressure flake the tip on the ventral face bifacially in order to thin the very tip of the knife. This thinning seems to be concurrent with shallow notching of …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EA9430
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flake of probable Neolithic or Bronze Age date (c. 4000-700 BC). The flint is light grey in colour with some irregular darker grey banding visible, typical for raw material originating from the South Downs. The platform is lenticular in shape, with a relatively prominent bulb of percussion visible on the ventral surface, along a small bulbar scar. The flake terminates in a hinge fracture, and demonstrates several small patches of edge damage. Two dorsal arrises are visible, with a prior failed blade removal visible that terminates as a hinge fracture.
Measur…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-EADE69
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flake of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The flake is light brownish grey in colour with whitish spots intermingled, most likely originating from a chalk geology. A small amount of light yellowish brown cortex is visible close to the proximal end on the dorsal left side of the flake. A diffused and lipped bulb of percussion is visible on the ventral surface, suggesting that this flake was detached through use of a soft hammer. The platform is sub-lenticular in shape and the flake terminates as a hinge fracture. A single dorsal arrise is visible, with two flake n…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUSS-7B8E66
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint tertiary flake of probable later Prehistoric date, c. 4000-1500 BC. It is triangular in plan, with a single dorsal arrise on its upper surface coincident with a negative from a previous removal. The platform is sub-lenticular and plain (no preparation), with a pronounced bulb and erallieur scar visible on the ventral face suggestive of hard hammer percussion. Some fairly recent edge damage along the edges of the piece. Preserved in fairly fresh condition with only minor patination and iron staining, it measures 45.23mm in length down the percussion axis, 30.71mm wide a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Near Petersfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-EE3DC8
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a leaf-shaped flint dagger consisting a piece of the handle, of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500-2200 BC). The piece is broadly trapezoidal in plan view and broadly lenticular in section, both sides being covered with flake scars that result from several manufacturing stages, to the extent that none of the original un-modified flake surface survives. The piece is light grey in colour with some whitish inclusions, and is relatively undamaged except for a small nick in the left hand edge. The fragment has been cleanly broken at both ends, which may reflect a deliberate act r…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F072DC
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint single-platformed core of probable Mesolithic date. The core has been manufactured from a small flint pebble, which is typical for material from this period. The core is sub-pyramidal in shape, with a number of blade removals visible. The platform has been rejuvenated at least twice, but no preparation marks are visible on the platform. The core retains a large amount of cortex, representing the outer 'skin' of the pebble that flakes and blades have been struck from.
Measurements (mm);
Maximum length across platform: 50.90
Maximum width across platform: 33…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E6E015
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete sub-spherical flint double platformed blade core of Mesolithic date (c. 8000-4000 BC). The core is light grey in colour with numerous white inclusions of varying size. The platforms are at right angles to each other, although one demonstrates more extensive working than the other. The core has been extensively worked down, as is evidenced by its small size. Some iron and manganese staining is visible on the surfaces.
Measurements;
Maximum length (mm): 23.68
Platform width: 23.67/15.43
Weight (g): 23.65
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1EB811
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped single-platformed flint blade core of Mesolithic date, dating c. 8000-4000 BC. The core is very irregularly shaped and demonstrates a number of negative blade removals on one face, the tops of which have been abruptly truncated due to a platform rejuvenation which renewed the striking surface but did not result in any further removals before discard. Ths striking angle is visibly larger than 90 degrees even with the attempt at platform correction, and this probably represents the reason why the ore was discarded in the first instance. Behind the striking platform, t…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EB0EBF
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint blade of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The flake demonstrates a slightly weathered grey patina with some iron/manganese staining visible on the dorsal surface. The bulb of percussion is relatively diffused and a small bulbar scar is visible on the ventral surface. The platform is sub-lenticular in shape, with some detachment preparation visible. The dorsal surface of the flake demonstrates a very prominent dorsal ridge which runs down the whole length of the piece before it terminates in a hinge fracture.
Measurements (mm);
Maximum length down percussion axis: 53.2…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-EB4C43
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint blade of probable Mesolithic date, comprising only the mesial section. The blade is partially translucent and posesses a blackish tan colour with no evidence of patination. The blade terminates in a step fracture and the platform seems to have been intentionally removed. Three arrises are visible on the upper surface, which comprise two previous blade negatives. Percussion ripples are visible on the ventral side. The dorsal left side of the blade demonstrates some small 'pseudo-retouch' consistent with use-wear, although a generic function that would have produced …
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-EC5416
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint blade of probable Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The blade is a dark blackish tan colour with no patination visible except on the dorsal left edge, where the flint has turned a bluey white mottled colour. A small diffused bulb of percussion and bulbar scar are visible on the ventral surface. Two large dorsal arrises are visible, with a total of three previous blade negatives present on the upper surface of the blade. The dorsal left side of the blade is rather thick while the dorsal right side is thin, giving the piece a profile in the shape of a scalene triangle. Some…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-1F46FA
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolithic polished axehead dating c. 4000-2500 BC. The fragment comprises around 30% of the total axehead, and represents the butt end, although the tip of this is missing. Extensive post-depositional damage is visible on the surfaces in the form of numerous flake removals, probably caused in the most part by abrasion and rough treatment while in a ploughsoil environment. These later removals clearly cut through the surface patination of the axe, showing a bright reddish colour underneath the greyish colour of the surface. The axe fragment is of thick-butted type, with…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2471CB
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint flaked axe of Neolithic date, c. 4500-2500 BC. The axe fits into Clough's schema (see Clough et al. 1979) as a 'thin butted' example (his type B), but is notable in being of extremely large size when compared with most other examples. Manufactured originally on an extremely large flint flake of greyish colouration with large fossil inclusions, the axe has now patinated somewhat and now demonstrates a fairly consistent off-white character interspersed with patches of mottled blue, brownish yellow inclusions, and post-depositional iron/manganese staining. One si…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-25EF4B
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint axe of Neolithic date, c. 4500-2500 BC. The axe fits into Clough's type B 'thin butted axes' (Clough et al. 1979), being sub-rectangular in plan view and sub-lenticular in section with a rounded off butt and slightly convex cutting edge. The axe was originally manufactured on a large flake of light greyish flint with large white inclusions, though excepting a small area at the very terminal end of the butt (where a small patch of cortex is also visible) and part of the cutting edge this has now patinated a rougher grey colour with light blue mottling and da…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2016
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