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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-BEF9C9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A group of 33 pieces of flint debitage, the waste material from flint working. The debitage pieces probably range from early Mesolithic to early Bronze Age in date, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC.
They are all either flakes or chunks, of which 1 is chert. 2 flakes are secondary and the rest are tertiary.
The colour of the flint debitage ranges from brown/grey to white. The lighter flints have varying degrees of patination.
4 flakes show evidence of being burnt through crazed cracking to their surfaces. These are shown in image 1 column B row 3, column C row 3, and in image 2 column B row 4, column C row 4.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 33
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th August 2013 - Monday 4th August 2014
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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: Kirklees (Metropolitan District)
District: Kirklees (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Colne Valley (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0707
Four figure Latitude: 53.55957514
Four figure longitude: -1.89579736
1:25K map: SE0707
1:10K map: SE00NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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