NHER 28220 (Find Spot record) - Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
19 November 1990. Stray Find.
Found on ploughed surface. 10 cm long blade, patinated with ancient edge damage. Modern edge damage at each end. This discovery was reported in (S1).
Initially recorded as being possibly of late Upper Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic date by J. J. Wymer (NAU). Subsequently included in a list of Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade sites in Norfolk (S2).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 21 November 1990. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 May 2013.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF86393 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1992. Archaeological Finds in Norfolk 1991. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt III pp 362-370. p 363.
- <S2> SNF88036 Article in Serial: Robins, P. and Wymer, J. 2006. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Long Blade) Industries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt I pp 86-95. p 94.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
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Record last edited
May 28 2013 2:36PM