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FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-281D23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Description by Nicholas Thomas:
This is an edge trimmed flake.
The proximal edge has been retouched or utilized. The whole distal half has been burnt creamy, merging into darkish brown towards the distal edge. The ventral face is plain with no flake scars.
The flint is mottled dark grey in colour at the proximal end. the rest is whitish/brown. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble by the look of its primary cortex.
MERCER (1981) illustrates a similar piece on P131 Fig 57 No L112 which he calls an edge trimmed flake and dates to the Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 18.4 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 5.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Wednesday 1st December 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 141.8
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: 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.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer, R.J. | 1981 | Excavations at Carn Brea, Illogan, Cornwall, 1970-73 | Callington | Penwell Ltd. | 131 Fig 57 | L112 |
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Workflow: Awaiting validation
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