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AWL
Unique ID: DUR-04811C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint awl of Mesolithic date (9000-3450 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and flat in section. Both the dorsal and ventral surfaces feature minor negative scars with corresponding arrises. It appears that the lithic has been retouched along both edges to form a point at the distal edge. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake.
The lithic is predominantly cream in colour with grey inclusions throughout.
Length: 22.53mm, Width: 13.00mm, Thickness: 2.96mm, Weight: 0.9g.
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: 22.53 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2.96 mm
Weight: 0.9 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: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Muggleswick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ0446
Four figure Latitude: 54.80885032
Four figure longitude: -1.93929107
1:25K map: NZ0446
1:10K map: NZ04NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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