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MICROLITH
Unique ID: SWYOR-42C1E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint microlith of Late Mesolithic date, about 8000 - 4000 BC. It is a Group B rod microlith. It is formed on a mottled light grey tertiary flint blade with a large white inclusion, and is sub-rectangular in plan and trapezoid in cross-section. There is short, sub-parallel, abrupt retouch along one long edge. It is 16.9mm long, 5.2mm wide and 2.3mm thick. 0.26g.
Class:
Group B microlith
Sub class: rod
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.9 mm
Width: 5.2 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 0.26 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Thursday 30th November 2017
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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: SD9431
Four figure Latitude: 53.77530004
Four figure longitude: -2.09252181
1:25K map: SD9431
1:10K map: SD93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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