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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: ESS-AE2DB8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lithic point dating from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age. Its possible age covers a potentially vast span of time, from c. 100,000 years ago to c. 800 BC.
The point is made on a triangular shaped flake, with evidence of invasive knapping on both faces and along the edges.
There is a prominent bulb of percussion on the ventral face, which is suggestive of hard hammer knapping technique. The dorsal face features invasive large flake removals across the surface of the flake, with small 'retouch' along the right edge, and blunted retouch along the left edge.
The flint is dark brown in colour and slightly translucent.
Dimensions: weight: 6.1g, length: 34.2mm, width: 27.9mm, thickness: 9.1mm
Notes:
Photography by Robert Farrow
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 100000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.2 mm
Width: 27.9 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
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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: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Kelvedon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL8518
Four figure Latitude: 51.82997497
Four figure longitude: 0.6833963
1:25K map: TL8518
1:10K map: TL81NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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