Poorly Located Find Spot record LKH 595 - Undley, Lakenheath, General, (Mesolithic Items in Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)

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Summary

6 tranchet axes, 1 other axe, 7 cores, 59 blades/flakes, 4 scrapers and 3 microliths from `Undley' listed as in Cambridge University Museum. Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 6 8 (point)
Map sheet TL68SE
Civil Parish LAKENHEATH, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Pre 1925? 6 tranchet axes, 1 other axe, 7 cores, 59 blades/flakes, 4 scrapers and 3 microliths from `Undley' listed as in Cambridge University Museum, (S1-S6).

One axehead marked 8/11/1904

One microlith marked 1898

Formerly recorded as LKH MISC

Location is approximate. However note pits at TL 696812 and TL 710817.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Our Early Ancestors. Burkitt M C, Our Early Ancestors, Cambridge, 1926, 171, pl 24E.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J.J. & Bonsall, C.J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, CBA Research Report 20. 260.
  • <S3> Article in serial: Burkitt, M. C.. 1925. The Transition Between Palæolithic and Neolithic Times i.e. the Mesolithic Period. Burkitt M C, `The Trans between Pal & Neo times ie the Mes Period', PPSEA, 5, 16-33.
  • <S4> Personal Correspondence: Wymer J J,. Unknown Source. Wymer J J.
  • <S5> Digital archive: Jacobi, R.. 2014. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Lithic Artefact (PaMELA) database. 11620, 11621, 11622, 11623, 11627, 11628.
  • <S6> Bibliographic reference: Billington, L, P.. 2016. Lithic Scatters and Landscape Occupation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: A Case Study from Eastern England.. M 1062.

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Record last edited

Sep 17 2020 4:22PM

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