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BLADE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-CC95B5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A thick blade of dark grey flint with cream flecks. There is a patch of pebble cortex on the distal end. This has a pinkish hue and may be a sign that the pebble was heat treated prior to it being used as a blade core. The dorsal surface carries parallel and opposing blade scars.The proximal end has been removed by a straight truncation which has been shallowly retouched as an end scraper. There has been slight edge-work on the left margin. The right margin has a mesal notch or hollow side scraper.Butler(2005) illustrates a blade on page 107, fig 43, 2

Subsequent actions

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

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 5.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st June 2004 - Monday 21st June 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 70.10
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: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
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	107	fig 43, 2

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

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