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Monument record LKH 628 - Sandpits, Lakenheath Warren, (Palaeolithic)

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Summary

Blade, from "Sandpits near Wangford Rd." in Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Grid reference	Centred TL 7133 8353 (117m by 135m)
Map sheet	TL78SW
Civil Parish	LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

SITE? (Late Upper Palaeolithic (Late Magdalenian) to Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 12700 BC? to 9400 BC?)

Full Description

Blade, from "Sandpits near Wangford Rd." in Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, (S1, S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF59354 Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. P 206.
<S2> SSF59353 Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 84.

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FSF50711: BLADE (Late Upper Palaeolithic (Late Magdalenian) to Terminal Palaeolithic (Ahrensburgian, Long Blade) - 12700 BC? to 9400 BC?)

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Record last edited

Apr 2 2020 1:04PM

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