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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: IOW-ED9468
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Mesolithic to Early Neolithic flint blade (10000 BC-3501 BC).
This tertiary blade is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section. The dorsal face is divided longitudinally by a single median arris. Removals around the edge of the dorsal face have been interpreted as damage rather than retouch. The ventral face has undulating ripples but no bulb of percussion and it is possible that the proximal end has been truncated.
The blade has a shiny greyish black patina overall. It was found on the surface within the inter-tidal zone.
Length: 55.2mm: width: 17.8mm: thickness: 6.3mm. Weight: 6.93g.
Class: Blade
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 10000 BC
Date to: Exactly 3501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.2 mm
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 6.93 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-3-5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
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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