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FLAKE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-5ED823

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A small soft hammer struck flake of dark grey brown flint with opaque cream inclusions.The right distal end is obliquely abruptly retouched and the straight right margin is finely semi-abruptly retouched. Perhaps this combination was as a blunt backing for holding the small flake when using the mesal notch in the left margin. Butler(2005) illustrates an oblique truncation on page 111, fig 44, 14.

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: 21.3 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 0.5 g

Discovery dates

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

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 90.4
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	111	fig 44, 14

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

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