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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: LANCUM-9FFBE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A rather odd piece of chert (2) and a waste flake (1). The odd piece of chert has undoubtedly been worked but the purpose of the working is not apparent. It may just have been struck as an idle task or as practice. It may have been used in the fabrication of lithic implements, possibly as an anvil or a hammer. They probably date from c8300 - c2100 BC.
1 - 9x4x3mm, less than 0.1grms
2 - 33x26x17mm, 6.2grms
Class: chert
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd June 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: near Ribchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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