DOR-C67EF4: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flake

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FLAKE

Unique ID: DOR-C67EF4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A tertiary flint waste flake. Sub-oval, the flint is opaque and mid-grey, now covered in a thin layer of smooth off-white re-cortification with a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face shows broad flake removal scars. The ventral face shows a small fairly prominent bulb of percussion with strong rippling and hinge fractures emanating towards the distal end indicating probable use of a hard hammer.
Date: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age 3300 BC to 1600 BC.
Dimensions: 30.8mm x 24mm x 2.3mm.
Weight: 2.92g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.8 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 2.92 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017288

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Castleton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST6014
Four figure Latitude: 50.92406015
Four figure longitude: -2.57047572
1:25K map: ST6014
1:10K map: ST61SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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