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SWYOR-0CDA42: Late Neolithic flint tool - possible piercer (ventral surface).

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: SWYOR-0CDA42

Object type certainty: Certain
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Flint tool, probably for use as a piercer. The tool is leaf shaped with crude retouch around all the edges on the dorsal face. The tip of the tool tapers to a sharp point. There is no retouch on the ventral face of the tool. The piercer weighs 22.3g and measures 73.4mm in length, 28.5mm in width and 10.1mm in thickness.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 73.4 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Thickness: 10.1 mm
Weight: 22.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: York

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

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Audit data

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

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