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ADZE
Unique ID: NMS-06FAA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flaked flint adze with lenticular section, tending to plano-convex at both ends. The rounded cutting edge is slightly hollowed, the lateral edges are finished by peripheral flaking and the butt is pointed, possibly due to breaks in antiquity. The flint is stained a rich brown with buff coarse-grained inclusions. In use the flint would be hafted with the cutting edge turned towards the user as in a modern adze. Length 152 mm, maximum width 49 mm, maximum height 31 mm. Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 3001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 152 mm
Height: 31 mm
Width: 49 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011 - Tuesday 31st May 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 55615
Other reference: E14325
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Alby with Thwaite
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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