Information for record number MWA5762:
Mesolithic Finds from Kisses Barn Farm, Polesworth

Summary Findspot - flint artefacts dating to the early Mesolithic period were recovered during an excavation. A ditch of the same date was also excavated 200m south of Kisses Barn Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Flint Scatter, Ditch
Period: Early Mesolithic (10000 BC - 7001 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 27 02
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 An assemblage of Mesolithic flints was recovered during an archaeological evaluation carried out by the Warwickshire Museum on land at Kisses Barn Farm, Polesworth, in October 1992 (EWA 847). Other Mesolithic finds were made on the southern side of the site (WA 5761).
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Kisses' Barn Farm, Polesworth, Warwickshire Archaeological Evaluation
Author/originator: Palmer S
Date: 1992
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Glossary

 
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument 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
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. 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
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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