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CORE
Unique ID: SUSS-48B242
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic flint core. The core has been damaged in the soil, probably by the plough. Certain flakes many have been removed from the core as a result of this action. The core has a large striking platform, which shows evidence of having been prepared. Small notches have been removed from around the edge of the platform to allow the flint knapper to remove smaller blade shaped flakes from the core. This process is characteristic of the Mesolithic-Early Neolithic periods. Over three-quarters of the core is still covered by the flints natural cortex, this suggests that the knapper either lost the core before removing all the flakes from it or that the knapper found a fault within the make up of the flint and discarded it before more flakes were removed. Many negative scars have been left on the knapped surface of the flint but later damaged has also removed some notches. The core weighs 846g and it measures 100.7mm from platform to the curved base.
Class:
Flint
Sub class: Mesolithic
Evidence of reuse: None
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 100.7 mm
Weight: 846 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th November 2003
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Other reference numbers
Museum accession number: F.L.O. 2003/13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Nr. Hailsham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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