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FLAKE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-5FD273

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A hard hammer struck long plunging flake of banded grey and opaque cream flint, removing step truncated flake scars on a flake and blade core face along with some pebble cortex.The left distal margin has a small semi-abruptly worked notch with some associated gloss on the ventral surface. The right margin is finely serrated with fine retouch. Butler(2005) illustrates a notched flake on page 115. fig 46, 1-2 and describes expedient tools on page 134.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.5 mm
Width: 19.9 mm
Thickness: 8.9 mm
Weight: 7.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2005 - Saturday 30th April 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 161.6
Museum accession number: 2011.23

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Royal Cornwall Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Butler, C.	2005	Prehistoric Flintwork	Stroud	The History Press	115	fig 46, 1-2

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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