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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: KENT-7AC552
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
2 pieces of flint waste flakes (debitage) from flint tool production, likely dating from the early Mesolithic through to the bronze age c. 9000 - 1000BC.
Description: 2 flakes, the smaller of which is a tertiary flake, irregular with a clear bulb of percussion and conchoidal rippling indicative of hard hammer technology. The 2nd is a secondary flake with some patination remaining, roughly rectangular, with subtle bulb of percussion and conchoidal rippling likely from the production of blades or bladelets. Both flints are mottled light grey-brown, although the smaller is lighter with a hint of blue-grey
Measurements:
Flint 1: 43.72mm long, 15.64mm wide, 6.63mm thick and 3.64g in weight.
Flint 2: 23.43mm long, 15.3mm wide, 3.24mm thick and 1.28g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 4.92 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Sutton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3149
Four figure Latitude: 51.19350308
Four figure longitude: 1.3047073
1:25K map: TR3149
1:10K map: TR34NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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