NHER 17960 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic/Neolithic flint adzes
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM OVERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Pre 1982. Stray Find.
Found 'some years before' 1982 on surface and 'close together' (grid reference approximate):
2 prehistoric flint adzes, both of triangular section:
(i) White patinated flint with iron staining. 13.5cm long x 4cm maximum width. See illustration in file (S1).
(ii) Brown flint. 10cm by 4cm maximum width. (S2).
Farmer did not report them before as he thought they were 'just a couple of old scrapers'.
Information via [1].
Potentially Mesolithic?
E. Rose (NAU), 18 February 1982.
R. Jacobi (British Museum) now believes that triangular-sectioned axes are Neolithic not Mesolithic, and therefore these should be indexed under Neolithic as well as Mesolithic.
A. Lawson (NAU), 22 March 1982.
However Jacobi has since identified similar axes from Hampstead Heath as Mesolithic.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 March 1982.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF90423 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1982. Drawing of a Mesolithic/Neolithic flint adze from Burham Overy. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF90424 Illustration: [Unknown]. 1982. Drawing of a Mesolithic/Neolithic flint adze from Burham Overy. Paper. 1:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- ADZE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Aug 27 2014 9:34AM