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Late Mesolithic flint discovered in advance of construction of the Barford Bypass

Summary Unstratified, Late Mesolithic flint discovered from Area 'B' from excavation in advance of the construction of the Barford Bypass.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Late Mesolithic (7000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Barford
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 60
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Two core trimming flakes with a series of narrow blade detachments were discovered in topsoil in area 'B' during archaeological excavations in advance of the Barford Bypass.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: 8000 Years at Barford: The Archaeology of the A429 Barford Bypass, Warwickshire, 2005-7
Author/originator: Palmer S C
Date: 2010
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technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Mesolithic About 10,000 BC to 4001 BC

Mesolithic means 'Middle Stone Age'. It is the period that comes between the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age).

The Mesolithic period is a period of transition from the way people were living during the Palaeolithic period as hunter-gatherers to the development of farming in the Neolithic period.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back

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