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DENTICULATE
Unique ID: IOW-30DD48
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A complete Neolithic to Bronze Age notched flint denticulate (c. 4000 - c. 801 BC.).
This implement has been manufactured from a tertiary waste flake with a large striking platform. The dorsal face has a single off-centre median arris and on the right side at the distal end are two deliberately worked notches. The ventral face is convex and has a vague bulb of percussion and percussion scar.
The flint is grey with creamy mottling and iron staining.
Height: 48.9mm; width: 42.7mm; thickness: 18.4mm. Weight: 33.68g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 48.9 mm
Width: 42.7 mm
Thickness: 18.4 mm
Weight: 33.68 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-148
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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