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DEBITAGE

Unique ID: KENT-9C2381

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

2 pieces of flint waste flakes (debitage) from flint tool production, likely dating from the early Mesolithic through to the bronze age c. 9000 - 1000BC.

Description: 2 flakes, the smaller of which is a tertiary flake, irregular with a clear bulb of percussion and conchoidal rippling indicative of hard hammer technology. The 2nd is a secondary flake with some patination remaining, roughly rectangular, with subtle bulb of percussion and conchoidal rippling. Both flints are mottled light grey-brown.

Measurements:

Flint 1: 23.42mm long, 17.52mm wide, 2.27mm thick and 0.62g in weight.

Flint 2: 31.62mm long, 21.86mm wide, 5.49mm thick and 3.06g in weight.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 2
Weight: 3.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd September 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Sutton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR3149
Four figure Latitude: 51.19350308
Four figure longitude: 1.3047073
1:25K map: TR3149
1:10K map: TR34NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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