Information for record number MWA4954:
Mesolithic Flint scatter 400m SW of Over Whitacre

Summary An assemblage, known as a flint scatter, of Mesolithic implements was found 500m south west of Over Whitacre.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Mesolithic (10000 BC - 4001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Over Whitacre
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 90
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Mesolithic flint scatter located. Finds include 294 scrapers, 285 microliths, 26 microburins, 58 burins, numerous flakes, pot boilers, cores etc.
2 Assemblage is typically late Mesolithic (7th millennium B.C.), with some evidence of old stone tool re-use during the Mesolithic, implying long-term activity on the site.
3 Possible Mesolithic assemblage listed centred on SP251909.
4 Location of flint scatter shown on Fig 1 Location Plan.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Daw Mill Colliery, Over Whiteacre, Warwickshire, Archaeological Evaluation
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 1992
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Article in serial
Title: Archaeological Journal: Mesolithic Industries in Central England: an exploratory investigation using microlith typology
Author/originator: A Saville
Date: 1982
Page Number: 49-71
Volume/Sheet: 138
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Note
Title: Finds from Mr Fretwell
Author/originator: Hingley, Dr R., WM
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Plan
Title: Plan
Author/originator: Waite B
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Glossary

 
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. 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 COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back
monument FLINT SCATTER * A spatially discrete, though sometimes extensive, scatter of flint artefacts recovered from the surface, eg. by fieldwalking, rather than from a particular archaeological context. back

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