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FABRICATOR
Unique ID: WILT-E5E1D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic or Early Neolithic flint fabricator dating to the period c. 10,000-2701BC. The fabricator is broadly triangular in section. It consists of one smooth slightly concave side and two curved sides which meet to form the top of the triangle. Both upper surfaces are almost entirely flaked, although one retains a small patch of cortex. One end narrows to form a heavily abraded point. The opposite end is wider and also shows some signs of abrasion, possibly as a result of having been hafted. The flint is off-white in colour with pale blue-grey patches and some iron staining along the worked edges.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67.49 mm
Width: 14.12 mm
Thickness: 15.85 mm
Weight: 13.85 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4188
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stapleford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0636
Four figure Latitude: 51.12325309
Four figure longitude: -1.91564658
1:25K map: SU0636
1:10K map: SU03NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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