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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: LANCUM-975D75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Four pieces of worked microlithic flint. Mid Mesolithic to early Neolithic in date (c6500 to c2900 BC).
1 - Grey/cream waste flake or microlith. The length is 7mm, width 6mm, thickness 1mm, and the weight is under 0.1g.
2 - White microlith or debitage. The length is 6mm, width 4mm, thickness 2mm, and the weight is under 0.1g.
3 - Almost transparent, pale honey coloured with some cortex, debitage or core fragment. The length is 6mm, width 6mm, thickness 3mm, and the weight is under 0.1g.
4 - Almost transparent, pale honey coloured debitage or core fragment. The length is 5mm, width 4mm, thickness 4mm, and the weight is under 0.1g.
Quite possibly evidence of a knapping site.
A number of chert lithic items, & a few flint ones, have also been found in the vicinity, mostly on the other side of the Ribble. John Hallam directed a dig in that area some time ago. There is an account of the excavation in David Barrowclough's book "Prehistoric Lancashire". It is worth noting that the Marles Wood area is on what would have been a natural migration & trade route. The geology of the area produces something akin to a shallow gorge at this point.
Class: flint
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th January 2013
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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: Dutton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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