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BLADE
Unique ID: DOR-40A0A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A backed blade. Made on a flake of dark grey flint with a low gloss patina. There are several elongate, parallel flakes on the dorsal face creating a trapezoidal cross section. The distal and proximal ends have been broken off and there abrupt retouch along one longitudinal edge.
Date: Neolithic - c. 4000 - 2500 BC
Dimensions: 39.5 mm x 24.5 mm x 7.5 mm
Weight: 10.13 g
Class:
Backed blade
Sub class: Tertiary
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.5 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 10.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 31st August 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 016479
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Gussage All Saints (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0109
Four figure Latitude: 50.88049232
Four figure longitude: -1.98715569
1:25K map: SU0109
1:10K map: SU00NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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