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CORE
Unique ID: LANCUM-2E5876
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic secondary honey flint multi platform core with some fine retouch. The presence of residual chalk on the cortex indicates the flint is derived from a 'mined' source. It also shows that the original nodule was imported into the area in its raw state with the cortex largely intact. The paucity of good quality flint in the area is probably why the core has been worked outward toward the cortex. In the case of this artefact it meant that flakes could continue be struck from a piece of flint that would been discarded in the core preparation stage in a more flint rich area. There is very fine short parallel abrubt retouch on a number of sites on the core. These would have enabled the core to be reutilised as a scraper, gouge, and burin. Probably dates to between c7000 and c3500 BC as the majority of the more complete removal scars indicate blade like flakes.
Length 29mm, width 25mm, thickness 11.5mm, weight 6.45g
Class:
multi platform
Sub class: retouched
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Weight: 6.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th February 2016 - Thursday 18th February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: Pendle Ridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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