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FLAKE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-2F9025

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint flake, ovoid in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. The dorsal surface has two mesial ridges and a serrated distal edge. Both the left and right margins are angle snapped. The ventral side has a rippled surface with gloss on the right margin. The upper left margin is hinge fractured.

The flint is dark grey in colour with a high lustre and a tertiary cortex.

Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 63, Fig. 5.45, No. L. 102 which is dated to the Neolithic period.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.4 mm
Width: 14.13 mm
Thickness: 4.42 mm
Weight: 1.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Friday 31st December 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 85.6
Museum accession number: TRURI 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: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bond, C.	2005	PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics	London	The Portable Antiquities Scheme	63, Fig. 5.45	L. 102

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

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