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Neolithic / Bronze Age Flint Multitool (Hollow Scraper & Spokeshave) - georeference 52°30'21.74"N 0°16'09.05"W

Object Class: Lithic / Specialized woodworking tool

Material: High-quality, translucent honey-yellow flint with minimal cream-colored cortex remaining on the proximal end.

Dimensions & Weight:

Length: Approx. 80 mm
Width: Approx. 42 mm
Thickness: Approx. 12 mm (tapering to worked edges)

Period / Date Range: Neolithic to Bronze Age (vessel/shaft production era), approximately 4,000 to 1,500 BC.

Diagnostic Features:

Crescent Notch (Spokeshave): A distinct, semi-circular concave cutout in the lateral edge. Features delicate, microscopic, step-like pressure retouching along the curve to strengthen and sharpen the scraping edge for cylindrical wood/bone shaping.

Dual-Edge Utility ("Back Face Edge Blade"): The opposite margin of the flake features a finely knapped, straight knife-edge, making this a highly versatile multi-use tool.

Bulb of Percussion: Clearly visible on the smooth ventral face, marking the precise point where the toolmaker struck this flake from a prepared core.

Landscape Significance: Hard diagnostic evidence of skilled, localized carpentry, projectile creation (arrows/spears), or tool-shaft manufacturing.

This proves that thousands of years after the Palaeolithic handaxe was left behind [as listed in shop stock], a settled, crafting community was actively harvesting and refining resources in the exact same river basin.

Lithic Reference Specific.

Butler, Chris (2005). Prehistoric Flintwork.

Andrefsky, William (2005). Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology).

Martingell, Hazel and Saville, Alan (1988). The Illustration of Lithic Artefacts: A Guide to Drawing Stone Tools for Specialist Reports.

Reference material and further reading:

Where possible ancient artifacts may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:

British Artefacts Vol.1, 2 and 3: Brett Hammond [Greenlight Publishing 2010]:

Celtic & Roman Artefacts: Nigel Mills [Greenlight Publishing 2007]:

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome: Mary Beard [Profile Books 2015]:

50 Bronze Age Artefacts: Portable Antiquities Scheme: Dot Boughton [Amberley Publishing 2021]:

Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD 1900: Lloyd Laing [Greenlight Publishing 2003]:

British Iron Age Coins In The British Museum: Richard Hobbs [British Museum 1996]:

Swords of The Viking Age: Ian Peirce: [The Boydell Press 2003]:

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 85: [Cambridge University Press 2019].

Mesolithic Europe: Geoff Bailey / Penny Spikins [Cambridge University Press 2008]

Viking Art: James Graham-Campbell: [Thames & Hudson, London 2018]

Roman Coins Vol. 1, 2 & 3: David R Sear: [Spink London 2000]:

The Roman Cavalry: Karen R. Dixon: [B. . Batsford 1997]:

Rome’s Saxon Shore: Coastal Defenses of Roman Britain AD 250 – 500: Nic Fields [Osprey Publishing 2006]:

Amulets of Ancient Egypt: Carol Andrews: [University of Texas Press / British Museum Press 1994]:

The Uniforms of the Roman World: Military dress, weapons, artillery, ships, siege engines and fortifications: Kevin F. Killey: [Anness Publishing 2017]:

Where possible finger rings may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:

Victorian and Albert Museum CATALOGUE OF FINGER RINGS 1930: C.C.Oman [Anglia Publishing. 1991 – Now out of print]:

Finger Rings: Diana Scarisbrick / Martin Henig: [Ashmolean Museum Oxford. 2003]:

Ancient Rings An Illustrated Collectors Guide: T. N. Polio: [McFarland & Co Inc. 2018:

1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments of the Hand: Le Van, Marthe; Ebendorf, Robert [W: Lark Books 2004]: