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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: SOMDOR-7CD6D3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

1 secondary flint flake. Dark grey-brown flint with a patch of yellow nodule cortex. An irregular flake with a small striking platform. Bulb and shallow waves of percussion on the ventral surface. Several flaking scars with marked waves of percussion on the dorsal surface. Mid gloss patina. Dimensions: 33 mm x 47mm x 11 mm. Weight: 14.5 g.

Class: Waste flake
Sub class: Secondary

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 14.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
Parish or ward: East Stoke (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY8787
Four figure Latitude: 50.68250852
Four figure longitude: -2.18537023
1:25K map: SY8787
1:10K map: SY87SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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