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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-F49AE8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A group of 22 pieces of flint debitage, the waste material from flint working. It is probably Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic in date, about 8000 BC - 3300 BC.
There are 2 blade fragments and the rest are flakes, of which 2 are primary, 8 are secondary and 10 are tertiary.
They are formed motly on mottled grey flint or dark brown flint, with some pieces of tan coloured to orange flint. None is patinated, though one is crazed. One piece is chert.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 3300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 22
Weight: 33 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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