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7. Other Finds

7.1 Lithics

Figure 96: Diagnostic lithics

Nineteen worked flints were recovered, including a retouched Grand Pressigny 'dagger' blade, 6 scrapers of different kinds; 8 blades or blade segments; a pointed implement; and a blade core. There were also 23 flakes (at least 4 retouched and 5 calcined); 3 burnt or calcined shatters; a calcined bifacial artefact, perhaps a pot-boiler; and a recent gunflint. The material was examined by Lynden Cooper.

The two largest collections of artefacts came from Les Chaumes (Area 2, 22 and 44) and Le Ravery (Area 2, 20, 32 and 49), which yielded respectively 7 and 25 items. The vast majority of the lithics are not chronologically diagnostic, although most can probably be assigned a broad later Neolithic-Bronze Age range (for example, a finely retouched blade from Area 2, Fig. 96, 2). Some items such as the end scraper (Fig. 96, 5, from Ravery) are probably earlier, while the Grand Pressigny blade (Fig. 96, 4, also from Ravery) can be assigned a more precise, Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic date. Only one (blade) core was found (Fig. 96, 6, from Area 3); this had evidently been discarded after some unsuccessful flaking resulted in sharp hinge fractures rendering the core unsuitable for further use. A variety of flint types are represented (see list below).

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