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FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-063F27
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Description by Nicholas Thomas:
This is a flake with retouched notch and use wear.
The notch is at the distal end of the dorsal right margin, worked from the ventral face. The dorsal left margin shows use wear. The distal end is battered.
The ventral face shows another notch and retouch along the left margin, worked from the dorsal face.
The flint is mottled brown in colour. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble but this is unclear with only tertiary cortex.
Butler (2005) illustrates a similar piece on Page 131 Fig 55 No 5, which he calls a notched flake and dates 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
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12 mm
Width: 8.8 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 5.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Wednesday 1st December 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 73.9
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: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 131 Fig 55 | 5 |
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