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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-04E873
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three pieces of flint debitage of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, about 10,000 - 2200 BC. Two blades and one flake.
1. A flint secondary flake formed on tan flint. Cortex on the proximal end and previous removal scars on the dorsal face.
2. A chert tertiary blade.
3 A flint secondary blade formed on tan flint with some cortex on the dorsal face.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Saturday 31st December 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3004
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Heptonstall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9232
Four figure Latitude: 53.78426068
Four figure longitude: -2.12289524
1:25K map: SD9232
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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