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Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Mesolithic site at Rock Common, Washington, West Sussex<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sussex Archaeological Collections 138<\/p>\n\n\n\n Harding, P. (2000). A Mesolithic site at Rock Common, Washington, West Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 138. Vol 138, pp. 29-48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/archaeologydataservice.ac.uk\/library\/browse\/details.xhtml?recordId=3180143<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReports that a concentration of Middle–Late Mesolithic flintwork was recorded by excavation. Over 50,000 pieces of worked flint were discovered, including Horsham microliths and microburins. There were some residual finds of Late Glacial artefacts. The artefact distribution is interpreted as suggesting that re-tooling and repairing of hunting equipment was undertaken around a series of hearths, represented by burnt flint. Some Neolithic flintwork was also recovered.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n John Lewis Project Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phil Harding Project Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Tattler<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nessie (Barry Hennessy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gemma Smith (Whelan)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Angela Batt<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Legg<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hayley Clarke<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marie Claire Ferguson<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nick Plunkett<\/p>\n\n\n\n Astrid Hanson<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dave Webb<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Excavations at Rock Common (Sussex) with Wessex Archaeology August-September 1997, one of the best digs I was involved with – the one where we took a hill and put it through a sieve. Initial evaluations had revealed scatters of Microliths so the plan was to grid the hill and take the strata down in “spits” … Continue reading “1997 Rock Common”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archdiggers.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}