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Table 3: The number and percentage of lithic scatters as mapped within a buffer radius, 5-500m

Data quality and period sets Number of lithic scatters Number and percentage of lithic scatters within buffer radius (m)
   5 10 25 50 125 250 500
ME < EM 56 < 66 36 36 36 36 42 46 53
   54.50% 54.50% 54.50% 54.50% 63.60% 69.60% 80.30%
EM < LM 66 < 45 20 20 20 21 23 23 24
   44.40% 44.40% 44.40% 46.60% 51.10% 51.10% 53.30%
LM < LM/EN 45 < 49 31 31 31 31 34 40 42
   63.20% 63.20% 63.20% 63.20% 69.30% 81.60% 85.70%
LM/EN < EN 49 < 106 45 45 45 47 55 59 70
   42.40% 42.40% 42.40% 44.30% 51.80% 55.60% 66.00%
EN < EN/MN 106 < 82 69 69 69 69 71 72 74
   84.10% 84.10% 84.10% 84.10% 86.50% 87.80% 90.20%
EN/MN < MN/LN 82 < 51 48 48 48 48 49 50 50
   94.10% 94.10% 94.10% 94.10% 96.00% 98.00% 98.00%
MN/LN < LN 51 < 53 45 45 45 45 48 49 51
   84.90% 84.90% 84.90% 84.90% 90.50% 92.40% 96.20%
LN < BK 53 < 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
   94.10% 94.10% 94.10% 94.10% 94.10% 94.10% 94.10%
BK < LN/EB 17 < 44 9 9 9 10 13 14 22
   20.40% 20.40% 20.40% 22.70% 29.50% 31.80% 50.00%
LN/EB < EB/MB 44 < 30 26 26 26 26 27 28 30
   86.60% 86.60% 86.60% 86.60% 90.00% 93.30% 100.00%
EB/MB < MB/LB 30 < 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
   50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Totals   346 346 346 350 379 399 434
   63.40% 63.40% 63.40% 64.20% 69.50% 73.20% 79.60%

Note: all lithic scatter have been mapped within six, eight or ten figure National Grid References.

Abbreviations: ME – Mesolithic, EM – early Mesolithic, LM – later Mesolithic, LM/EN – later Mesolithic and/or earlier Neolithic, EN – earlier Neolithic, EN/MN – earlier Neolithic and/or middle Neolithic, MN/LN – middle Neolithic and/or later Neolithic, LN/EB – indeterminate later Neolithic or early Bronze Age, BK – Beaker, EB/MB – indeterminate early Bronze Age or middle Bronze Age, MB/LB – indeterminate middle Bronze Age or later Bronze Age.