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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SF-DCA843
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lithic implement struck from a mottled dark brown/grey flint. It is a triangular, bifacially worked flint point that has snapped torwards the butt end. One face retains its cortex and both edges have retouch. It measures 41.75mm in length, 18.50mm in width, 8.14mm in thickness, and weighs 7.09g. This is probably the snapped tip from a plano-convex knife of Early Bronze Age date or possibly a point from an arrowhead of uncertain date, although this is perhaps less likely given its size and the presence of cortex. It dates to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, c.3,500-1,500 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.75 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 8.14 mm
Weight: 7.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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