Context (Related Documents)
For Melissa Metzger's Crowther-Beynon Grant report see Doc.485 in MAA's archive.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'UNDLEY'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Flint; Stone Beaker Knife
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Clark, J. (1929). 'Discoidal Polished Flint - their typology and distribution'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia 6 (1). p. 41-54. Number 57 in the Index.
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Lewis, J. (2005). Monuments, Ritual, and Regionality. BAR British Series 401.
Event Date 2005
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
In September 2017 Melissa Metzger, PhD candidate at the University of Bradford, studied a number of polished discoidal knives for their Crowther-Beynon Grant. They supplied further descriptions, measurements, contextual information and bibliographic references. These fields have been updated accordingly. They also suggested a date of Late Neolithic.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Metzger (2017): This artefact is an irregular shaped flint tool that has been bifacially worked. It was made from a dark olive flint and has only one polished edge. This artefact has some polish on the edges but only part of the face. There are some step fractures (a flake that ends abruptly with a 90-degree break causing the entire flake to not be removed) on both side and has a hinge fracture (a flake that breaks and leaves a 'rolling out' effect).
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Metzger (2017): This artefact does not really fit into the type but should still be considered part of the Polished-edge Discoidal Knife classification. This category has three types (Type I- circular or D-shaped, Type II- triangular, and Type III- broad leaf to lozenge) and show polished edge. This artefact classification might has functioned as wood or claying working tools. This artefact was found in Undley, Suffolk.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field previously stated Neolithic. This has been updated to Late Neolithic from information from Melissa Metzger, see Analysis.
Event Date 17/6/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson