Information for record number MWA12127:
Early Neolithic flint found at Oversley.

Summary Flints from the early Neolithic period found in pits or hollows of overturned trees during an evaluation at Oversley Mill Services.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Early Neolithic (4000 BC - 3301 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Three worked flints found in pits during an evaluation.
2 A few, possibly natural tree-throw pits contained flintwork of the early Neolithic period.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Oversley Mill Services, Alcester Warwickshire - Archaeological Evaluation
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 1992
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Archaeological Resource Assessment of the Aggregates Producing Areas of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Magnus Alexander with S Palmer and L Chadd
Date: 2007
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Glossary

 
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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back

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