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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-515CCC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two flint blades (now broken, one into three pieces and one in two pieces, the damage probably occuring post deposition), of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, dating from 10,000 BC - 2200 BC. Neither has any retouch and both are secondary blades. One is formed on golden opaque flint, and the other on opaque cherty grey flint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3172
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: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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