- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flake debitage. Cortex remains on the length of the distal edge (approx. 15 %). The flint has a moderate light grey patina, predominantly prevalent on the ventral face. [MN 04/02/2010]
- Geographical reference
- England Suffolk near Lakenheath
- 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 17 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 62 mm, Weight 43 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1897.11.56
- 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]
1897.11.56
Flake debitage. Cortex remains on the length of the distal edge (approx. 15 %). The flint has a moderate light grey patina, predominantly prevalent on the ventral face. [MN 04/02/2010]
1897.11.56
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