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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SUSS-540583
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete probably Neolithic (3500-2100 BC) flint blade. The blade is just over twice as long as it is wide. The ventral face has concentric rippling leading back to the proximal end and the bulb of percussion. The dorsal face has significant flake scarring over its surface. One side of the blade does show some small evidence of retouch.
Notes:
The flint has not been available for inspection having been returned at the rally. Interpretation is therefore restricted to photographic evidence.
Class: blade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.3 mm
Width: 21.74 mm
Thickness: 6.76 mm
Weight: 7.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th August 2008
Rally details.
This object was found at Firle Rally 5
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Berwick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5104
Four figure Latitude: 50.815869
Four figure longitude: 0.142126
1:25K map: TQ5104
1:10K map: TQ50SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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