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FLAKE
Unique ID: WMID-D72545
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
On the ventral side of the flake, a slight bulb of percussion remains with an eraillure scar. No radiating ripples or ‘lunettes’ are visible. On the dorsal side, there are no arrises and no retouched areas.
A flake, according to Bond, C, J, 2004 ‘Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics, Version 1’, page 202, is any material removed from a core, but not exceeding blade proportions in maximum length and breadth.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Post 4000 BC
Date to: Ante 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd February 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Lichfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1009
Four figure Latitude: 52.67861
Four figure longitude: -1.853528
1:25K map: SK1009
1:10K map: SK10NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | page 202 |
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