1897.11.45

Collection type

Object

Description

Flake with hinged termination. Towards the proximal end approx. 20% cortex remains. [MN 04/02/2010]

Long description

Flake with hinged termination. Towards the proximal end approx. 20% cortex remains. A large flake has been removed on the dorsal face across the mesial section, from left to right edges. The flint has a moderate light grey patina. [MN 04/02/2010]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Suffolk near Lakenheath

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source George Fabian Lawrence

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Upper Palaeolithic

Date collected

By 1897

Acquisition information

Donated: 1897

Materials and processes

Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Depth: max 9 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 79 mm, Weight 27 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1897.11.45

Research and responses

Flower refers to Lakenheath in his publication "Flower, J.W. 1869. ‘On some recent discoveries of flint implements of the Drift of Norfolk and Suffolk, with observations on the theories accounting for their distribution.’ Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 25:449-460" which may be relevant [CB 8/12/2009]

Dr Joshua Pollard (University of Bristol) examined 1897.11.43 - .85 (flints from Lakenheath) on the 2/02/2010, and thought them probably to be Upper Palaeolithic rather than Neolithic. [AS 04/02/2010]

Dr Alison Roberts (Ashmolean Museum) examined 1897.11.43 - .85 on the 21/05/2010 and confirmed that they are final Upper Palaeolithic. [MN 24/05/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Flake