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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DUR-3BA43E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A group of 5 flint flakes of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithics are sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. Flake no. 5 retains a small amount of cortex on the right hand side and is therefore a secondary flake. The others retain no cortex and are therefore tertiary flakes.
The flakes are dark grey in colour aside from no. 2 which is white. The cortex in no. 5 is a grey in colour.
Dimensions: No. 1: Length- 21.46mm, Width- 19.13mm, Thickness- 12.38mm, Weight- 4.2g
No. 2: Length- 19.77mm, Width- 12.05mm, Thickness- 8.88mm, Weight- 2.9g
No. 3: Length- 23.61mm, Width- 17.13mm, Thickness- 7.44mm, Weight- 2.4g
No. 4: Length- 21.32mm, Width- 13.85mm, Thickness- 7.62mm, Weight- 2.0g
No. 5: Length- 18.85mm, Width- 11.35mm, Thickness- 5.70mm, Weight- 1.1g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 3450 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 5
Length: 21.46 mm
Width: 19.13 mm
Thickness: 12.38 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Gateshead (Metropolitan District)
District: Gateshead (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Blaydon (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1762
Four figure Latitude: 54.95236088
Four figure longitude: -1.73609712
1:25K map: NZ1762
1:10K map: NZ16SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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