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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: YORYM-09ABB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three complete pieces of debitage or waste material, produced during the knapping process of probable Mesolithic date, circa 9,000 - 4,000 BC. All three pieces are tertiary flakes displaying conchoidal fractures. No other signs of working are evident.
Debitage 1: Dark grey. Dimensions: 27.5mm x 24.4mm x 6.3mm. Weight: 3.8g.
Debitage 2: Dark orange. Dimensions: 23.4mm x 24.8mm x 5.6mm. Weight: 3.1g.
Debitage 3: Light grey. Dimensions: 17.4mm x 20.9mm x 3.8mm. Weight: 1.9g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05668
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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: South Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9230
Four figure Latitude: 53.75824614
Four figure longitude: -0.60603378
1:25K map: SE9230
1:10K map: SE93SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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