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FABRICATOR

Unique ID: PUBLIC-DFBEF7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A wedge section long flake of translucent grey pebble flint with cream flecks. The proximal end has been flaked and used with gloss on the ventral surface at the pointed end. The lateral margins have different kinds of retouch with an invasively worked pair of shallow notches in one edge and another facet having semi-abrupt retouch on one edge. A tool of this form with end and side use might be called a fabricator and had several possible functions including borer, graver and strike a light. Butler(2005) illustrates a fabricator on page 169, fig 71, 10.

Subsequent actions

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

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37.8 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 11.3 mm
Weight: 5.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004 - Friday 30th April 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 13.5
Museum accession number: 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
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: 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	169	fig 71, 10

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

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