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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: BERK-CF0F17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic flint transverse point on a blade flake (8300-2100BC). The point has been manufactured on a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There is a well-defined bulb of percussion. Both edges have been retouched unifacially from the dorsal side, there is more retouch along the left edge. Mottled mid grey flint with an opaque patina. Dimensions: length: 44.30mm; width: 19.74mm; thickness: 7.87mm; weight: 6.32g.
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers King Alfred the Great Rally 26-28 Aug 2006
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2500 BC
Date to: 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.3 mm
Width: 19.74 mm
Thickness: 7.87 mm
Weight: 6.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th August 2006
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - King Alfred the Great 06
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket no. Ylo 211
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Letcombe Regis
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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