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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: BERK-BA0606
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead with biface invasive retouch around all edges. The flint has an all over creamy white patina. Circa 3500-2100 BC. Dimensions: length 32.83mm; width 14.89mm; thickness 4.10mm; weight 1.96g
Notes:
This is just part of a large scatter of finds across the field that includes Prehistoric lithics, Roman, Medieval - Post Medieval.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.83 mm
Width: 14.89 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 1.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1978 - Thursday 1st January 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's collection number: 248
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: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Chipping Norton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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