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Unique ID: HESH-D41CD4
Object type certainty: Certain
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Three (3) pieces of worked flint blade, probably of Mesolithic date (6500-4500BC). These three blades are irregular in form and may represent trimming and reworking of different cores. All are tertiary flakes, with no cortex associated with them. Two show working in two separate directions suggesting that they come from a core which is rejuvenated and then reworked. Waste similar to this was often discarded and can be seen as diagnostic evidence of flint working on site. None of the flakes are retouched / reworked. They are all formed from a grey coloured flint with a white surface patina.
They measure:
1. 42.5mm length, 21.5mm width is 6.4mm thick and weighs 1.85 grams
2. 32.5mm length, 18.6mm width is 4.4mm thick and weighs 2.06 grams
3. 27.6mm length, 11.5mm width is 3.4mm thick and weighs 0.76 grams
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Quantity: 3
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
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