Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
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Unique ID: YORYM-72D781
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete flint microlith of late Mesolithic date (7000-4000). The lithic is sub-triangular in profile and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface has covering scaled flaking, the proximal and left hand edges have been abruptly blunted, the distal and right hand edges contain semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is flat with three predominant negative scars and shallow ripples of percussion emanating from the right hand edge.
The flint is light brown in colour with cream inclusions throughout.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.01 mm
Width: 12.26 mm
Thickness: 4.29 mm
Weight: 1.47 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: TA0977
Four figure Latitude: 54.17721635
Four figure longitude: -0.33150741
1:25K map: TA0977
1:10K map: TA07NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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