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RETOUCHED FLAKE
Unique ID: SWYOR-832028
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flint retouched flake, dating from the Mesolithic or Neolithic, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC. The flake is formed on dark brown flint with cortex on the distal right side. There is invasive, low-angle, scaled retouch on the proximal right side, and some spradic removals from the ventral face on the left side. The flake is 31.9mm long, 20.6mm wide and 5.6mm thick. 3.05g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.9 mm
Width: 20.6 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 3.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th October 2015 - Friday 16th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2783
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Ripponden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0418
Four figure Latitude: 53.65847651
Four figure longitude: -1.94094904
1:25K map: SE0418
1:10K map: SE01NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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