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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SF-D903B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of slintworking debitage of Mesolithic to early Bronze Age date. A tertiary flake with c.30% cortex. Opaque red-brown flint with little patination. Prominant bulb and narrow butt.
Length: 25.96mm, width: 19.27mm, thickness: 5.89mm, weight: 2.61g
Class: Flake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.96 mm
Width: 19.27 mm
Thickness: 5.89 mm
Weight: 2.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Finningham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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