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BLADE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1B5995
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Description by Nicholas Thomas:
This is a utalized blade flake.
The dorsal face has flake scars along both margins. Both edges have been used and there is possibly some gloss on the straight edges.
The ventral face has scars along both edges and a small bulbal scar. The proximal end is snapped.
The flint is grey in colour. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble but this is difficult to confirm with only tertiary cortex.
MERCER (1981) illustrates a similar piece on P143 Fig 63 No L198 which he calls a truncated flake and dates to the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age.
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: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.8 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Wednesday 1st December 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 141.16
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer, R.J. | 1981 | Excavations at Carn Brea, Illogan, Cornwall, 1970-73 | Callington | Penwell Ltd. | 143 Fig 63 | L198 |
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