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DEBITAGE

Unique ID: SF6963

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Multi-platform flint core made of black flint with some mid to dark reddish-brown streaks. Six main faces. Small piece of cortex survives on one face only.

Notes:

Found as part of assemblage sf6962-6971. Although only a small group, most would fit well into a late Neolithic/early Bronze Age industry, with possibly a few later pieces.

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 36 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight: 56.21 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK BOXFORD

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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