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MICROLITH
Unique ID: SWYOR-F3B449
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint Late Mesolithic microlith dating from about 8000 - 4000 BC. It is made from flint which is patinated to opaque white. It is D shaped in plan (but porbably too small to be classified as a crescentic microlith) and sub-rectangular in section. Both long edges are retouched with short, abrupt, parallel removals. It is 10.6mm long, 2.1mm wide and 1.9mm thick. 0.04g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.6 mm
Width: 2.1 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 0.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Thursday 5th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2192
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)
Parish or ward: Wadsworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9633
Four figure Latitude: 53.79329563
Four figure longitude: -2.06220135
1:25K map: SD9633
1:10K map: SD93SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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