Information for record number MWA430:
Mesolithic flints from Great Packington

Summary Findspot - flint artefacts dating to the Mesolithic period were found in the Great Packington area.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Great Packington
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 80
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Great/Little Packington. Mesolithic 7 flint retouched flakes and blades.
2 Donor and exact find spot not recorded.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Note with axe
Author/originator:
Date:
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Volume/Sheet: Note with axe
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: R.C.Hingley personal comment
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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Images:  
Mesolithic blades from Great Packington
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1982
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Glossary

 
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Description  
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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