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FLAKE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-85EA32

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A thick fragment of opaque cream and light grey flint. It may be from a smashed core and does not have defined dorsal and ventral surfaces or a striking platform. The sharp 'distal' oblique straight edge has been semi-abruptly retouched from both sides of the margin. Adjacent to this; the lateral margin has been abruptly flaked, perhaps to blunt it for a finger guide when using the tool as a cutting flake. Butler(2005) illustrates an edged flake on page 186, fig 76, 10.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.7 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 8.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2005 - Saturday 31st December 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 343A.7
Museum accession number: 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4626
Four figure Latitude: 50.079713
Four figure longitude: -5.551678
1:25K map: SW4626
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Royal Cornwall Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Butler, C.	2005	Prehistoric Flintwork	Stroud	The History Press	186	fig 76, 10

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Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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