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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9CC16B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A tertiary retouched flint blade flake. Sub-rectangular in shape with a trapezoidal cross section. The flint is opaque, light grey mottled with a low-gloss patina. The ventral face shows removal of a flake from the distal end and no apparent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a soft hammer. The dorsal face shows three parallel blade removal scars and short, parallel, abrupt retouch extending along the right side margin, possibly used as a knife.
Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age 3300 BC to 1600 BC
Dimensions:45mm x 24.5mm x 6mm
Weight: 8g
Class: Blade flake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Sunday 30th June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 011
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Donhead St.Mary
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