Accession No
1949.245
Description
Microlithic blade, with blunted transverse end
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Honington; Sapiston Bridge
Period
?Mesolithic Neolithic
Source
Leaf, C. S. [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1949.245
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1949.230 has the following entry: "The site was excavated from 5th December 1938 to 24th February 1939. Below the oldest ground surface Neolithic B ware was found. Grooved ware occupation occurred at 2 old ground levels separated by a layerof fluviatile sand. Later finds include a Deverel Rimbury urnfield and R.B. ditches and rectangular huts. The two Grooved Ware levels have been labelled Neolithic I and Neolithic II by Mr. Leaf"
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card has the following entry: "Marked, 'Honington 70 E. N.I."
Found: Occupation site with Grooved ware and Neolithic B
Deposit: Neolithic I level
Event Date 1939
Author: maa
Context (References)
Fell, Clare. (1952). ‘A Late Bronze Age Urnfield and Grooved-Ware Occupation at Honinton, Suffolk’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 45. pp. 30-43
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (CMS Description)
Microlithic, with blunted transverse end
Event Date 17/6/1987
Author: maa
FM:20678
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