| Title: |
Grimes Graves, Norfolk. Excavations 1971-2: Volume II, the flint assemblage |
| Series: |
Dept Envir Archaeol Rep
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| Volume: |
11
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| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Monograph (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
(See 81/8008 for main excavation report). Of the 6 tonnes of flint pieces recovered (400,000-500,000), 5100 were actual implements, in 17 types. Full quantitative analysis has been done. Only 17 axes were found, suggesting that Grimes Graves was far less an 'axe factory' than a quarry for floorstone flint. Increasing flake broadness as the Late Neo progressed is not due to declining technology - rather the reverse; functional, cultural or technological reasons must be sought. The MBA occupiers were making their implements from the topstone discarded by the earlier miners; awls were an important product. |
| Author: |
Alan Saville
Roger J Mercer
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| Year of Publication: |
1981
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| ISBN: |
0 11 671084 5* |
| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1981
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| Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
