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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SOM-03C955
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Proximal end of a knapped flint tool, probably a knife, possibly a scraper, probably of Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date. Made on a large, thick tertiary flake with prominent bulb on the ventral face and evidence of a previous large removal from the same direction on the dorsal face. Long, scalar, semi-abrupt retouch down both sides. Snap at distal end with chips or possibly some deliberate tidying retouch along lower edge. Mid-grey flint with paler mottling. 30.1mm long, 22.6mm wide, 7.1mm thick; it weighs 5.80 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 22.6 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th February 2012
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Laura Burnett
Identified by: Ms Laura Burnett
Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 20736
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: North Petherton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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