DOR-7B1883: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age retouched flake

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RETOUCHED FLAKE

Unique ID: DOR-7B1883

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A retouched tertiary flint flake. The flake is sub oval, one end rounded, one end rectilinear and has a possible lateral break the mid way point. Both faces show covering scalar scars, struck from multiple angles. All faces including that of the possible break are now covered in a thin, milky white, speckled re-cortification with the natural mid brown colour of the flint beneath showing through in areas.The flint is semi-opaque with a mid gloss patina and a large area of beige matt inclusion at the proximal end.

Dimensions: 34.5mm x 42.9mm x 9.9mm.

Weight: 18.7g.

Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age: 3300 to 1600 BC.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 42.9 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm
Weight: 18.65 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2017 - Sunday 30th April 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS-019021

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Milton Abbas (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8101
Four figure Latitude: 50.80823778
Four figure longitude: -2.27102228
1:25K map: ST8101
1:10K map: ST80SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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