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FLAKE
Unique ID: ESS-CFE595
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic to Neolithic retouched flake from the outer edge of a flint nodule. There is evidence of platform preparation and a bulb of percussion at the proximal end. There is an overshoot termination at the distal end. The dorsal surface is almost entirely covered in mid-brown cortex. There is a small flake removed on the left hand edge with some retouch. The right hand edge has abrupt retouch along its entire length.
It is 52.62mm long, 31.03mm wide, 10.03mm thick and weighs 18.5 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.62 mm
Width: 31.03 mm
Thickness: 10.03 mm
Weight: 18.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003 - Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Birch CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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