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ROUGHOUT
Unique ID: FAKL-E190BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roughout for the manufacture of an axe made from an opaque, blotchy, light grey flint with some recortication. The flint is of poor quality and contains faults. Both faces retain small areas of cortex. Bifacially flaked to produce a pointed oval section with some battering along the edges. Probably abandoned after the loss of a large flake from the cutting edge. Length 182mm, Width 64mm, Thickness 42mm, Mass 482.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 182 mm
Width: 64 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight: 482.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a IF 262
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Iford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3906
Four figure Latitude: 50.83684529
Four figure longitude: -0.02734783
1:25K map: TQ3906
1:10K map: TQ30NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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