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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DOR-B2802E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A broad flint flake. A tertiary flake of dark, blue-grey flint with a glossy surface and areas of heavy white patina. THere is a small striking platform at the distal end . The bulb of percussion is difuse with a bulbar scar and there are several widely spaced waves of percussion on the ventral face. There is some recent damage to the distal end.
Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c.2500 - 1500 BC
Dimensions: 77.5 mm x 69.0 mm x 46.5 mm
Weight: 12.5 g
Class: Tertiary 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 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77.5 mm
Width: 69 mm
Thickness: 46.5 mm
Weight: 12.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017049
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Gussage All Saints (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0109
Four figure Latitude: 50.88049232
Four figure longitude: -1.98715569
1:25K map: SU0109
1:10K map: SU00NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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