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AWL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DC5C91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flake which has been retouched or worked along the two edges towards a pointed end, forming a piercer or small awl. The flake has been snapped or broken at one end, forming a flat butt end. A flake, thinning flake, has been taken off the dorsal face, which gives backing for using the pointed end as a piercer or borer.
The flint is dark brown/grey in colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble.
Mercer [1981] illustrates a similar example one page 135, Fig 59. No. L150 which is dated to the Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 2004 - Saturday 31st July 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 84.21
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer, R.J. | 1981 | Excavations at Carn Brea, Illogan, Cornwall, 1970-73 | Callington | Penwell Ltd. | 135, Fig 59 | No. L150 |
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