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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-EDB922
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic to Bronze Age hard hammer struck tertiary flake of unpatinated black flint with steep retouch to one lateral edge and use wear along the other. The distal end is hinged over. Perhaps used as a quick unhafted knife. 51 x 34 x 8mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th September 2014 - Monday 20th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30541
Other reference: NMD102014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Morley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0599
Four figure Latitude: 52.55022609
Four figure longitude: 1.02218897
1:25K map: TM0599
1:10K map: TM09NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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