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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: WILT-AC2D36
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of flint debitage of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c. 4000 - 1601 BC). The fragment has been struck off a tertiary flake and exhibits c. 25% cortex on the dorsal surface and one negative flake scar which appears to have been strick at a different angle to the bulb of percussion on the ventral surface. The ventral surface exhibits a large lenticular striking platform and a high bulb of percussion, indicative of hard hammer working. The flake terminates in a series of jagged breaks along the mesal edges and distal end. No retouch is visible. The flint exhibits a mottled blue-grey patina with darker grey patches indicating more recent damage.
The flake measures 30.89mm in length, 26.30mm in width, is 7.73mm thick and weighs 6.34g.
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 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.89 mm
Width: 26.3 mm
Thickness: 7.73 mm
Weight: 6.34 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4393
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Latton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1395
Four figure Latitude: 51.65364216
Four figure longitude: -1.81348506
1:25K map: SU1395
1:10K map: SU19NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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