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KNIFE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-54E5E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Flint knife, ovoid in plan and convex-concave in profile. On the dorsal side the distal edge is spalled and the proximal end snapped. The right margin is serrated. The surface is convex with long flake removal forming three long ridges. On the ventral side the left margin has some retouch mid way. There is small flake removal on the bulb of percussion and the surface is concave curved.
The flint is mottled mid grey with pale grey flecks in colour.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 143, Fig. 5.129, No. F. 152 which is illustrated 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: 38.48 mm
Width: 23.02 mm
Thickness: 7.93 mm
Weight: 7.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Friday 31st December 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 85.21
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.
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 | 143, Fig. 5.129 | F. 152 |
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