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AXE TRIMMING FLAKE
Unique ID: NMS-07D1D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Mesolithic to Neolithic hard hammer struck tertiary bi-face thinning flake (possibly from an axe or adze) of dark brown flint now patinated pale grey in places, mostly to the dorsal face which exhibits opposed flake scars, one of the central flake scars is hinged and this thinning flake has undercut this knapping error. 31 x 53 x 10mm.
Field WG3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 53 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th August 2014 - Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56989
Other reference: SET102014
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: Wicklewood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0802
Four figure Latitude: 52.57601996
Four figure longitude: 1.06824879
1:25K map: TG0802
1:10K map: TG00SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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