KENT-D76373: KENT-D76373: Six Mesolithic blades

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: KENT-D76373

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Blade flake of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, knapped from light grey flint. Previous flakes have been removed from the surface. There is a bulb of percussion, but no impact ripples. There is possible retouch along one edge. The blade flake is 39.42mm long, 17.13mm wide, 4.33mm thick and weighs 3.14 grams.

Notes:

This blade flake is in the top left of the photograph.

Class: Blade Flake

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: 39.42 mm
Width: 17.13 mm
Thickness: 4.33 mm
Weight: 3.14 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1960 - Monday 1st January 1990

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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: Grassland, Heathland

References cited

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

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