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BLADE
Unique ID: SOM-34CD60
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
One flint blade and one section of a blade, probably Mesolithic to Neolithic in date.
1. Secondary blade with c.5% cortext at the distal end. Bulb of percussion and ripples on the ventral face, scars from previous parallel blade removals on the dorsal face. Translucent Mid-pale grey flint, the cortex suggests pebble flint, 32.2mm by 15.5mm by 5.1mm, 2.14g.
2. Central section of a tertiary blade. Hinge fracture at the distal end, probbaly deliberate snapping at the proximal end, scars from previous parallel blade removals on the dorsal face. Very chipped edges. Mid-dark buff flint, 25.2mm by 18.0mm by 6.1mm, 3.05g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 5.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 020873
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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