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BLADE
Unique ID: BERK-0403B7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete flint blade or bladelet of prehistoric date. The blade has crude retouch down part of one later edge on the dorsal side. Although it is hard to assign this object to a specific period it is more likely to date to the Neolithic period (4000-2100 BC).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.73 mm
Width: 16.99 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.103
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Cherwell district
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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