Accession No
1980.1011.5
Description
One burin spall of white patinated flint.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Stapleford; Wandlebury
Period
?Neolithic ?Bronze Age
Source
Clark, John Grahame Douglas (Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1980.1011.5
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
48mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil reading: 'Wandlebury '78'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has the following entries: 'J.G.D.Clark thought these were made at the same time by the same individual' and 'Grid ref 500 533 approx.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1980.1011[.1-6]: '4 scrapers, 1 burin spall and 1 fragment. White patinated flint'.
Event Date 1980
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
A note seen with the tools 1980.1011[.1-6] reads 'JGDC. thinks these were all made at one time by the same chap. (Jun 1980) GRID REF 500533 approx.' with a small hand drawn diagram of a map indicating where the stone tools were found labelled 'White patinated convex scrapers at point where the foot path from Wandlebury turns right where it meets the mid break. The scrapers appear where the soil is exposed away the [unclear] of the mid break'.
Event Date 10/1980
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1980.1011[.1-6]: '6 flint tools including 4 scrapers, 3 of which are very well made. These tools also include burin, or borer, and a thin flake that could be a blade that shows further working as the sharp edge has possibly been serrated. All the tools are covered in a white patina with two still having areas of cortex.'
Event Date 21/8/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One burin spall of white patinated flint.
Event Date 20/1/2026
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:327936
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