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FABRICATOR
Unique ID: IOW-984905
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete possible Neolithic flint fabricator (4000 BC- 2351 BC).
The tool has been made from a thick tertiary blade and is of elongated-sub-triangular form. The shape in cross-section has been achieved by bifacial reworking on the dorsal surface. This retouch is abrupt and semi-abrupt; short and parallel. There is a minute fleck of buff cortex on the dorsal face
This implement is dark with a reddish tinge and is semi-translucent around the edges.
Length: 55.6mm; width: 20.5mm; thickness: 12.3mm. Weight: 16.56g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.6 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 12.3 mm
Weight: 16.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Sunday 1st November 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-500
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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