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Unique ID: YORYM-3DFA86
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A complete flint fabricator of probable Neolithic date 3500-2100 BC. The Proximal end has been steeply blunted and from the dorsal side a single large flake removed from both the left and right hand side to create the triangular section of this plano-convex tool. There are two more negative scars with corresponding arrises at the distal central end on the dorsal surface where it terminates in a rounded, elliptical, edge. There are two notches in the left hand side at the proximal end and some very fine retouch towards the distal end. The ventral surface contains multiple negative scars with corresponding arrises and is slightly concave.
The flint is a light grey with cream inclusions throughout.
Similar examples can be seen on the PAS database: Unique ID: SOM-9C04C6 and Unique ID: NLM-4A56F5.
Length: 49.1mm, Width: 15.6mm, Thickness: 13.0mm, Weight: 14.0gms.
Bond, p 143, fig, 5.129, no, 145.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.1 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 14 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 143 | 5.129 |