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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: IOW-FF6C23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic flint blade (6500 BC-2900 BC).
This non-worked tertiary blade is sub-triangular in cross-section and has three major removal scars on the dorsal face. The ventral face has a small bulb of percussion with associated faint rippling. The flint is dark with a lighter area at the distal end where there is a transverse break. It has a reddish tinge and has beach damage along the edges.
Length: 69.5mm; width: 26.5mm; thickness: 7.4mm. Weight: 13.84g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
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: Exactly 6500 BC
Date to: Exactly 2900 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.5 mm
Width: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 13.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2013-3-16
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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