In Situ Flints
Figure 1: Test pit 1406, flints marked with tags, note long blade to far left.
Interactive 3D diagrams of LUP finds in Ice Age Journeys' 1402 & 1406 1m2 test pits, excavated in 2014.
Interactive 3D diagrams of LUP finds in Ice Age Journeys' 1402 & 1406 1m2 test pits, excavated in 2014.
Figures 1 & 2 show in situ flints found in test pits at Farndon Fields.
Diagrams open in new windows. Mouse controls: scroll to zoom, left button tilt, right button pan. The transparent interface with its finds code is set between topsoil above & subsoil below (topsoil depth, 1402: 0.30m, 1406: 0.33m). Diagrams do not include flints without precise location, i.e. mainly spalls found on wet- or micro-sieving.
Figure 2: a blade freshly excavated, note its blue tinge that fades within about 30 minutes.