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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: WILT-B219C9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint notched flake of possibly early Neolithic or late Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2700 BC). The notched piece is a tertiary flake with no cortex present on the surface. The dorsal face has three negative flake scars on the dorsal surface from previous flake removal. One of the scars is deep and create a central ridge running through the surface. The striking platform is broadly lozenge-shape with a low and diffused bulb of percussion and a marked bulbar scar on the ventral face. On the mesal are some traces of a possibly short scaled and semi-abrupt retouch. Under the distal end is a concave notch which create a functional projection. Notched pieces and combination tools appear in the Nolithic period usually combining a scraper and notch or scraper and piercer. The flint is traslucent grey with some white spots.
The lithic implement is 52.81mm in length, 30.87mm in width, 9.78mm in thick and weights 14.44g.
Similar combination tools are illustrated by Butler, C. (20050, pp. 131 and 169.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.81 mm
Width: 30.87 mm
Thickness: 9.78 mm
Weight: 14.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 18th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4673 290
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: West Tisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9129
Four figure Latitude: 51.06026629
Four figure longitude: -2.12979969
1:25K map: ST9129
1:10K map: ST92NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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