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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9E84D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A mid brown semi-translucent secondary flint blade flake. A small amount of cortex surrounded by heavy white re-patination remains on the distal end of the dorsal face. Mid gloss patina and longitudinal in shape with a trapezoidal cross section. The ventral face shows a low bulb of percussion with a small bulbar scar indicating probable use of a soft hammer. At the distal end there is a secondary platform at a 90 degree angle. The dorsal face shows three long parallel blade removal scars with a shorter blade removed two thirds of the way down towards the proximal end.
Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age: 3300 to 1600 BC
Dimensions: 56mm x 14mm x 11mm
Weight: 8.7g
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: 56 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 8.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2015 - Thursday 30th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 252
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)
To be known as: Donhead St Mary
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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