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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-83C659
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A group of six pieces of debitage, waste material from flint working, of probable Mesolithic to Neolithic date, about 9000 BC - 2200 BC. There are five chunks and one flake. Two are water worn and one is burnt. Three are secondary and three tertiary.
Number 2: Secondary chunk of water worn grey flint with some edge damage and removal scars. Grid co-ordinates within the 100m square: 22, 95. Found 26/09/2015.
Number 6: Secondary chunk of patinated white flint with patches of cortex. Removal scars. Grid co-ordinates within the 100m square: 39, 51. Found 08/10/2015.
Number 7: Secondary chunk of patinated yellow grey flint with some cortex. Removal scars. Grid co-ordinates within the 100m square: 74, 18. Found 08/10/2015.
Number 8: Tertiary burnt chunk of flint heat altered to white with a crazed surface. Removal scars. Grid co-ordinates within the 100m square: 93, 49. Found 08/10/2015.
Number 9: Tertiary flint flake of mottled grey flint. No retouch. Grid co-ordinates within the 100m square: 87 02. Found 16/10/2015.
Number 11: Tertiary flint chunk of light grey, patinated and water worn flint. Some edge damage and removal scars, but no clear retouch. Grid co-ordinates within the 100m square: 78, 65. Found 16/10/2015.
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: 6
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th September 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 100 metre square.
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