KENT-B31397: KENT-B31397: Mesolithic burin or broken blade

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: KENT-B31397

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Lithic implement Mesolithic or Neolithic date. Knapped from white-grey flint, this is either a snapped blade, or was retouched to form a point at the distal end. There are small patches of brown cortex on the surface of the flint. The implement is 21.28mm long, 12.21mm wide, 3.35mm thick and weighs 0.8 grams.

Class: Burin

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.28 mm
Width: 12.21 mm
Thickness: 3.35 mm
Weight: 0.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Saturday 1st January 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Tunbridge Wells (District)
Parish or ward: Lamberhurst (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ6636
Four figure Latitude: 51.099277
Four figure longitude: 0.369455
1:25K map: TQ6636
1:10K map: TQ63NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Woodland

References cited

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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