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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: YORYM-A2F288
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000BC- 2300BC. The implement is a piece of debitage, or waste material, produced during the knapping process. It is circular in plan and sub-D-shaped in section. The bulb of percussion and striking platform remain on the ventral surface from which ripples of percussion radiate, probably produced by soft hammer technique. The dorsal surface is also smooth with no evident retouch.
The flint is a mid-grey colour. The implement is 28.2mm long, 27.1mm wide, 4.5mm thick and weighs 3.7g.
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 2300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.2 mm
Width: 27.1 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Holme upon Spalding Moor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8333
Four figure Latitude: 53.78671279
Four figure longitude: -0.74170073
1:25K map: SE8333
1:10K map: SE83SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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