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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NARC-058FBE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete chert Scraper of Mesolithic date (9,000-3,450 BC). The object is Sub-triangular in plan and bi-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains four predominant negative scars and corresponding arrises. The proximal end has been blunted creating a semi-circular notch. The distal end tapers to a point, with a narrowed left hand distal edge forming a shallow notched aperture. All edges with the exception of the proximal edge have rough semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface has four negative scars with corresponding arrises.
The chert is dark brown in colour with dark grey bands running through the lithic.
Length: 33.83mm, Width: 21.36mm, Thickness: 12.50mm, Weight: 9.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 3450 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.83 mm
Width: 21.36 mm
Thickness: 12.5 mm
Weight: 9.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Overstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7965
Four figure Latitude: 52.27748139
Four figure longitude: -0.8435067
1:25K map: SP7965
1:10K map: SP76NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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