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BLADE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-7EED57

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

This is a notched and backed blade. The distal point has some gloss and is abraded through use. The dorsal face has a flattened medial ridge down most of its length, but there has been retouch at the proximal end. The left margin retains minimal secondary cortex and the proximal third of the margin has been blunted by abrupt retouch. The opposite margin has a notch retouched from the ventral face with semi-abrupt pressure from the ventral face. The bulb is visible.

It has been made on a dark grey flint with light grey flecks, probably derived from a local beach pebble, with secondary cortex.

Bond (2004) illustrates a similar piece on P 135, Fig 5.121 No F54, which he places in the later Neolithic.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.05 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 3.15 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th June 2007 - Tuesday 12th June 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 501.17
Museum accession number: TRURI 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
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: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bond, C.	2005	PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics	London	The Portable Antiquities Scheme	135 Fig 5.121	F54

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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