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FABRICATOR
Unique ID: YORYM-1EA625
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Mesolithic to Neolithic date, circa 7000 - 3500 BC. The implement is a fabricator which is sub-ovate in both plan and section formed of a tertiary flake. The implement has been extensively worked in an irregular scaled pattern on all sides having numerous flakes of varying sizes removed from each surface. More extensive stepped, abrupt retouch is evident along both edges.
The flint is a burnt orange in colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 79.8mm long, 23.3mm wide, 9.5mm thick and weighs 19.3g.
Fabricators may have been used in leatherworking though other suggestions include strike-a-lights.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 79.8 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 19.3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05686
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: Fangfoss (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7852
Four figure Latitude: 53.95821732
Four figure longitude: -0.81274754
1:25K map: SE7852
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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