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BURIN
Unique ID: LANCUM-DCC1A0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic worked honey/brown flint blade, with distal burin, from a secondary core flake. There has been a somewhat scrappy reduction to the height of the dorsal ridge. The cortex that remains on the dorsal indicates that the original nodule was awkwardly formed and this may account for the untidy working. Dates to between c10000 and c4000 BC.
Length 28mm, width 10mm, thickness 6mm, weight 1.5g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Widdop
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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