Information for record number MWA7308:
Findspot - Prehistoric flint scatter, Barford Bridge

Summary Findspot - a flint scatter, comprising 5 flints artefacts of Late Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age date, were found during fieldwalking in an area approximately 200m south west of Barford Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Flint Scatter
Period: Late Mesolithic - Early Bronze Age (7000 BC - 1601 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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1 Flints found during fieldwalking.
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3 The five flints comprised of a retouched flake made from a blade core fragment and a trimming flake from a small blade core, probably both dating to the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic period. Also a flake core, a flake core fragment and a scraper, with a retouched and utilised edge, were probably of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
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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Source No: 3
Source Type: Cartographic materials
Title: Map showing location of flints from fieldwalking in 1994 in advance of the Barford Bypass
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum Field Archaeology Projects Group
Date: 1994?
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: A429 Barford Bypass Assessment
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1994
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Stage 2
   
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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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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use 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

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