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BLADE
Unique ID: WILT-3E0B43
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A late Mesolithic flint bladelet dating to the period c. 7000 - 4001 BC. The bladelet is sub-rectangular in plan with a slight curve along the length of the blade and a diagonal flaw across both sides of the blade. The dorsal surface exhibits three negative flake removal scars with two smaller negative flake removal scars which terminate at the diagonal flaw. The ventral surface retains a small bulb of percussion, indicating manufacture by soft-hammer striking. The flint is mottled mid - light grey in colour. There is some evidence of short, abrupt, scaled retouch along both sides.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.33 mm
Width: 13.81 mm
Thickness: 3.31 mm
Weight: 1.33 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4488
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Shellingford
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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