PUBLIC-62B61F: Flake

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BORER

Unique ID: PUBLIC-62B61F

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Snapped thin flake of translucent brown/black flint. Possibly intended as piercer/borer.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Exactly 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Period of reuse: BRONZE AGE

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.5 mm
Width: 10.6 mm
Thickness: 2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th October 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Secondary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wraxall and Failand (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST4973
Four figure Latitude: 51.4536719
Four figure longitude: -2.73536484
1:25K map: ST4973
1:10K map: ST47SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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