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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: IOW-EF7703
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The implement has flaking scars overall and is plano-convex in cross-section. The more convex side is orange/grey patinated, whereas the less convex side is grey/black patinated. The implement is “rolled”, that is to say it has become smoothed to a certain extent from movement within its context during the Palaeolthic period. Alternatively, it could have become smooth as a result of its mobility in a recent sea-bed environment.
Notes:
Found by Andy Butler whilst dredging for oysters off the Hampshire coast, near Lepe.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 5000000 BC
Date to: Circa 40000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 124 mm
Width: 77 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight: 346 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1979
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2004-57-3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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