BERK-D4BF72: A Neolithic - early Bronze Age flint flake. 11b. D4BF72

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-D4BF72

Object type certainty: Certain
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A Neolithic-early Bronze Age tertiary flint flake. The flake is without retouch. Pale brown flint with some iron staining. Dimensions: Length 43.53mm; width 23.61mm; thickness 7.20mm; weight 12.61g

Notes:

This object is part of a much larger assemblage that includes Palaeolithic - Bronze Age lithic implements and flakes.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 43.53 mm
Width: 23.61 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 12.61 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1954

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata


County or Unitary authority: Reading (Unitary Authority)
District: Reading (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Reading

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
Current location: Returned to finder
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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