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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: YORYM-1D9555
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A piece of flint debitage of Neolithic to Bronze Age date, circa 4,000 - 800 BC, in the form of a flake. It is a secondary flake and retains 25% cortex on its surface. The dorsal face exhibits no negative flake scars from previous flake removal. There is a bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The flint is grey in colour with white and black inclusions. It measures 37.21mm in length, 34.66mm in width, 9.82mm in thickness and weighs 14.64g.
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 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.21 mm
Width: 34.66 mm
Thickness: 9.82 mm
Weight: 14.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04431
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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Suffield-cum-Everley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9892
Four figure Latitude: 54.31419502
Four figure longitude: -0.49507375
1:25K map: SE9892
1:10K map: SE99SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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