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GRAVER
Unique ID: CORN-815BF8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two flint gravers, sub-rectangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile, and triangular in section. On the larger graver, the dorsal face has been retouched at the distal end and along both margins, with the right margin worked more abruptly into a graver edge. There is a small patch of cortex on the dorsal face at the distal end and patches of iron staining on both faces. On the smaller graver, the ventral face has also been abruptly retouched along the left margin into a notched edge and along the right margin into a serrated edge. The flint is a mottled pale to mid grey colour, but would have originally been darker and has been lightened with exposure to the sun, and was likely derived from a local beach pebble.
Bond (2004) illustrates similar examples on page 137, Fig.5.124, No.F25, which is dated from the earlier Neolithic, and on page 60, Fig.5.37, No.F17, which is dated from the later Neolithic.
Notes:
The larger of the two gravers is represented below in the measurements.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 40 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th January 2005
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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: St. Minver Lowlands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9874
Four figure Latitude: 50.53081694
Four figure longitude: -4.85159184
1:25K map: SW9874
1:10K map: SW94SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 | 60 & 137, Figs.5.37 & 5.124, | Nos.F17 & F25 |
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