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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DEV-A98D12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Prehistoric flint flake dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age period (4000 to 800 BC). The flint is roughly cresentic in plan and triangular in cross section. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion with small ripples emanating from it; and the dorsal surface has a blade removal scar. One edge has possible re-touching. The other edge is less uniform and may have been fractured due to damage at a later date, perhaps as a result of frost damage. The flint is a mid to pale gray in colour with white mottles. Length: 40mm; Width: 10mm; Thickness: 7mm; Weight 5.4g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Dartmouth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8750
Four figure Latitude: 50.33905152
Four figure longitude: -3.58927325
1:25K map: SX8750
1:10K map: SX80NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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