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HAMMERSTONE
Unique ID: BERK-11FB26
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Palm-sized flint hammerstone, with a flattened area showing evidence of battering or impact, being devoid of the stone's cortex that covers the remainder of the object. The stone core exposed at the possible hammer end is amber in colour.
Notes:
This hammerstone was found in association with a Neolithic handaxe (BERK-11D8D1) in Thames gravel layers.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 75.67 mm
Width: 47.65 mm
Weight: 213.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th September 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2008 003
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: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Crowmarsh (Civil Parish)
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