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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LVPL-855911

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Lithic implement, used for cutting or scraping. It is an irregular semi-circle with a protruding 'tang' at one end. Some retouching can be seen along some of the edges. It is made from a dark grey flint which has some white/cream patches in. Most likely from the Bronze Age period although it is hard to date single flint pieces when they are found out of context. Ron Cowell saw an image of this find and comments 'It could be that this is a natural fractured pebble that is fortuitously shaped, which has been picked up and lightly retouched around the curved edge to provide a scraping or perhaps cutting edge. The ‘tang’ also looks fortuitous and while there are facets that help to shape this, they do look a little rough, as if they may be natural (through ploughing say), but sometimes that can happen if a flint is hafted onto a wooden shaft and then using it fractures the hafted part in an irregular way. Without being able to look in much finer detail this has to be only a slight possibility though.'

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2000 BC
Date to: 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.39 mm
Width: 17.61 mm
Thickness: 6.92 mm
Weight: 4.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2009

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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