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Summary	Findspot - a number of Mesolithic flint artefacts, including three microliths, were found on Burton Hills, to the north of Burton Dassett.

Where Is It?
Parish:	Burton Dassett
District:	Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference:	SP 39 52
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Level of Protection	National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: ) Sites & Monuments Record

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1 Four unretouched blades/flakes.
2 Three microliths and one core rejuvenation flake, donated to the Museum.
3 Dating confirmed as Early Mesolithic.

Sources

Source No:	1
Source Type:	Bibliographic reference
Title:	Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites
Author/originator:	Wymer J J
Date:	1977
Page Number:	327
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Source No:	2
Source Type:	Record Card/Form
Title:
Author/originator:	WM
Date:
Page Number:	A2
Volume/Sheet:	Accession Card

Source No:	3
Source Type:	Verbal communication
Title:	Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator:	Stuart Palmer
Date:	2006
Page Number:
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Word or Phrase	Description
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. more ->	back
SITE *	Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible.	back
FINDSPOT *	The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name.	back
MUSEUM *	A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed.	back