NHER 3313 (Find Spot record) - Unprovenanced Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade core, near South Wootton Common (South Wootton, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOUTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
1951. Stray Find.
Found by H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence near South Wootton Common (a large area centred at TF 665 230):
1 Upper Palaeolithic flint blade core. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1951.206.5 : A). Information from (S1).
Although this core is listed as Mesolithic in (S2), it is recorded as Late Upper Palaeolithic in (S3). It is also described in (S4), in which it is noted that it has 'toad belly' speckling and a degree of wear and pitting that is only observed on Pleistocene artefacts.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 December 2013.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
- <S2> SNF8776 Monograph: Wymer, J. J. and Bonsall, C. J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. No. 20. p 213.
- <S3> 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 95.
- <S4> SNF90074 Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 227.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- BLADE CORE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
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Record last edited
Oct 4 2018 3:18PM