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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-9EF553
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Mesolithic discoidal flint blade core (8300-3500 BC). The core has been heavily worked from multiple platforms leaving negative scars where bladelets have been removed. There is one negative cortex inclusion recessed into the distal left hand edge, the core is a retrograde D shape. The dorsal surface in convex with cortex intact at the proximal end there is some evidence of retouch to the right hand side proximally. It is oval in profile. The ventral surface predominantly flat, it contains negative scars demonstrating that bladelets and scrapers have been removed from the core.
The flint is a dark brown with some cream cortex and inclusions.
Length: 43.0mm, Width: 34.7mm, Weight: 33.8g.
Similar examples can be seen on the PAS Database: Unique ID: BERK-DEBFE3
Class: core
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 34.7 mm
Weight: 33.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ulrome
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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