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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SF-91DE13Z
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unpatinated long flint flake of later Prehistoric date. It is struck from a mottled grey flint with shallow bulb of percussion and flat striking platform. The dorsal face has parallel flake scars, and both sides have short, abrupt and scaled retouch. It measures 62.04mm in length, 20.92mm in width, 4.38mm in thickness and 5.79g in weight. This flake is of later Prehistoric date, c.4000-800 BC.
Notes:
Formerly known as SF-91DE13, which was a duplicate ID caused by system error.
Class: Flake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.04 mm
Width: 20.92 mm
Thickness: 4.38 mm
Weight: 5.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Poslingford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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