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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SF-831B8E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A heavily patinated and snapped flint blade of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date. It is struck from a grey/brown flint with heavy white patination visible on all surfaces. The blade is snapped at the proximal end, and has parallell blade scars on the dorsal face. It measures 42.62mm in length, 16.46mm in width, 5.71mm in thickness, and 4.71g in weight. This blade is of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date, c.10,000-2550 BC.
Class: Blade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2551 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.62 mm
Width: 16.46 mm
Thickness: 5.71 mm
Weight: 4.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: HCH 001
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Hacheston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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