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CORE
Unique ID: BH-05AE3A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A possible core rejuvenation flake, probably Mesolithic or Early Neolithic in date.
The subtriangular piece has a longitudinal curvature and what appear to be parts of several parallel blade removal scars on the dorsal surface, plus some of the flint's original cortex. On the ventral surface there is no trace of the bulb or ripples. The surfaces are patinated.
Length: 45.9mm; width: 23.6mm; thickness: 10.8mm. Weight: 8.2g.
Class: Rejuvination flake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 3501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.9 mm
Width: 23.6 mm
Thickness: 10.8 mm
Weight: 8.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Bedford 3177 - 17
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pertenhall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0865
Four figure Latitude: 52.27255577
Four figure longitude: -0.4186015
1:25K map: TL0865
1:10K map: TL06NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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