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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SOM-9863A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two chert blades both with clear bulbs of percussion on the ventral face and scars from previous parallel removals from the same platform on the dorsal face. Both have very chipped edges obscuring any retouch. One is a orange chert, heavily repatinated, the other a mid brown. They weigh 12.48g in total.
The blade like shape and repeat parallel removals may suggest a Mesolithic- Neolithic date.
Notes:
These pieces have come from an area with a lot of unworked chert, probably from liming. Hoever they do appear to be worked and have been recorded in the suggestion this may beb a site worth investigating further to prove or disprove the presence of worked material.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 12.48 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt No 017437
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Ashill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3117
Four figure Latitude: 50.94828788
Four figure longitude: -2.98359394
1:25K map: ST3117
1:10K map: ST31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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