Blade core

Details

• Title

  Blade core

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Worcestershire › Wychavon District › Fladbury (find spot)

• Date

  Early Upper Palaeolithic Period (Britain) (c. 38,000 - c. 20,000 BP, c. 40,000 - 22,000 cal.BC)
  Late Upper Palaeolithic - Early Mesolithic Period (Britain) (c. 13,900 - 6000 cal.BC)
  

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  production/replication › debitage › core

• Dimensions

  9.4 cm (height)
  4.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1960.271

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