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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-B509B6
Object type certainty: Certain
A utilised flint blade, which is Mesolithic to Neolithic in date. The bulb of percussion and striking platform both survive, with ripples of percussion also evident. Multiple blades and bladelets have been removed from its surface. It has been formed from a light greyish-brown flint.
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 38 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Harrogate
To be known as: Rainton
Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson
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Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Tuesday 7th April 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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