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MICRODENTICULATE
Unique ID: CORN-98E304
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A microdenticulate, sub-rectangular in plan, an elongated rectangle in profile and plano-convex in section. The central portion of a flint bladelet, modified by the removal of a spall from the right margin to form a point at the right edge of the distal end. Both side margins of the dorsal face have been retouched to produce a denticulated edge. The distal end has also been retouched, resulting in an edge which would be suitable for scraping. The completed tool is a combined burin (or graver) and end scraper. The flint is grey-brown in colour and likely derives from a local beach pebble.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar microburin on page 113, fig.5.97, no.L31, which is dated from the later Mesolithic period.
Butler (2005) illustrates a similar burin/scraper and a denticulate on page 111, fig.44, nos.5 & 10, which are dated from the Mesolithic period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Wednesday 31st July 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 9
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hayle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5837
Four figure Latitude: 50.18347634
Four figure longitude: -5.39124507
1:25K map: SW5837
1:10K map: SW57SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 113, fig.5.97 | no.L31 | |
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 111, fig.44 | nos.5 & 10 |
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