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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SF-A33E8A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Mesolithic to early Bronze Age flake. A secondary flake with a few small patches of cortex on the dorsal face. It is roughly rectangular in shape with three narrow flaking scars on the dorsal face. No obvious retouch. The butt is missing, but the ripple lines appear fairly diffuse. The flint is a speckled light to mid-grey in colour with slight patination.
Length: 53.07mm, width: 31.58mm, thickness: 6.83mm, weight: 14.30mm
Class: Flake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 1550 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.07 mm
Width: 31.58 mm
Thickness: 6.83 mm
Weight: 14.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Sutton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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