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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: GLO-4193D6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Lithic implement (Flake?)
Neolithic-Mesolithic
34mm long, 17mm wide, 9mm thick,

Steep beveled on the left edge, this side still has a white cortex. It gently slopes down from the top of the bevel to the right side, which has the working edge. Retouch along the working edge.

Bulb of percussion on the ventral is missing.

Mid gery patina with mottled light grey patches.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 9 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 150

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: Taynton

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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