WAW-6DBC17: Neolithic Blade ( obverse & reverse)

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BLADE

Unique ID: WAW-6DBC17

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A knapped flint flake or blade: The flake is knapped from a mottled mid brown coloured flint. The plan has a trapezoid section with three scars on the dorsal surface. The ventral surface has the bulb of percussion, ripples and bulbar scars. The distal end is almost perpendicular to the lateral edges, and this distal end has re-touch on both faces. The flake or blade weighs 1.4g.

The flake probably prehistoric, dating to the Neolithic to early Bronze Age (-2500 to -1500).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd May 2013 - Wednesday 3rd July 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Alvechurch (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP0375
Four figure Latitude: 52.37303612
Four figure longitude: -1.95735902
1:25K map: SP0375
1:10K map: SP07NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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