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FABRICATOR
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DD1865
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Found by Shauney Strick;a blade of brown translucent flint worked on both lateral margins with abrupt retouch removing the proximal end and leaving a point. The dorsal surface carries truncated sinuous flake scars. The tool may have been a piercer or fabricator. It has use gloss on the dorsal surface. Butler illustrates a fabricator on page 169, fig 71, 10.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Heamoor
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.5 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd November 2011 - Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 632.13
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)
To be known as: Newbridge
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 169 | fig 71, 10 |
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