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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: DUR-0D3827
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint worked scraper/flake of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface has three predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises and is blunted at the proximal and distal ends. The left and right hand edges have fine semi-abrupt retouch. The flake retains a minor amount of cortex along the distal left hand edge and is therefore a secondary flake.
The flint is light cream in colour with some grey inclusions, the cortex is cream in colour
Length: 20.46mm, Width: 12.11mm, Thickness: 2.42mm, Weight: 0.5g.
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: 1
Length: 20.46 mm
Width: 12.11 mm
Thickness: 2.42 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Field 29
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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