Find Spot record 0088601000 - MARLINE'S PIT, BOLTER END
Summary
Mesolithic flint artefacts found over a period of two years during sand extraction
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Description
FINDS CONSISTED OF BLADE CORES MADE ON FLINT NODULES, BLADES COMPLETE & SNAPPED, & RETOUCHED BLADES, & TOOLS (B1).
SCARCITY OF FINISHED TOOLS, RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF CORES & HOMOGENOUS NATURE OF FLAKING SUGGESTS WORKING FLOOR OF SHORT DURATION WHILE SAND BEING REDEPOSITED BY WIND (B2,3).
Sources (4)
- <1>SBC1227 Article in serial: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER/ RECS OF BUCKS 17 1963 P202/ LETTERS FROM MR J PLOWMAN.
- <2>SBC8542 Article in serial: MILLARD L 1965 A MESOLITHIC INDUSTRY FROM BOLTER END, IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP343-349.
- <3>SBC17095 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J J & BONSALL C J 1977 GAZETTEER OF MESOLITHIC/UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITES IN ENGLAND & WALES.
- <4>SBC6679 Unpublished document: J G Evans. 1970?. J G EVANS NOTE ON OLD BCM RECORD CARD.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 79500 92400 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (9)
- BACKED BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- AWL (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BURIN (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- POINT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- END SCRAPER (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- DEBITAGE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed finds (EBC15999)
Record last edited
Jul 12 2018 11:34AM
