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BLADE

Unique ID: SUSS-1E6AC0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Late Neolithic backed blade, possibly a knife or sickle blade. The blade was made from a tertiary flake, with a flaking angle of 100 degrees and has no remaining cortex. It is 76.9mm long, 27.4mm wide, 14.2mm thick and weighs 28.8 grams. There is some small retouch at the distal end of the ventral face, that on the right hand side is invasive and semi abrupt while that on the left hand side is short and semi abrupt. On the dorsal face their has been extensive retouch to remove material on the right hand side, this has created a blunt, almost flat edge for hafting. The retouch is abrupt and scaled and extends down the entire right side. There is also an area of smaller, abrupt and scaled, retouch on the left hand side, starting 18mm from the proximal end and running for 25.7mmm. The blade was a casual find by a footpath, there was some pottery nearby (not picked up) but no other worked flint. It is a dark grey flint mottled with lighter grey areas, typically of chalk downland flint.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 2500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 76.9 mm
Width: 27.4 mm
Thickness: 14.2 mm
Weight: 28.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2007

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Chailey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3818
Four figure Latitude: 50.94493
Four figure longitude: -0.037012
1:25K map: TQ3818
1:10K map: TQ31NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: While walking along footpath
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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