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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-F4EE70
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A group of 11 pieces of flint debitage, the waste material from flint working. It is probably Mesolithic to Neolithic in date, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC.
There are 5 blade fragments and the rest are flakes or chunks, of which 2 are chert. 4 flakes are secondary and 2 are tertiary.
The blades are formed on light grey to tan coloured speckled low quality flint with some patination starting to form. The 2 chert flakes are dark grey with tan inclusions. The remaining flakes are formed on beter quality dark grey flint which is not patinated at all.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 11
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd April 2014 - Thursday 3rd April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2192
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wadsworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9633
Four figure Latitude: 53.79329563
Four figure longitude: -2.06220135
1:25K map: SD9633
1:10K map: SD93SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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