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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: WAW-F14D12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A secondary flake of opaque mid brown coloured flint of probable Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2351 BC). The flake is sub-triangular in shape and triangular in section. It has cortex remaining along a lateral edge. The opposite edge has re-touch along the other lateral edge on the dorsal surface. The dorsal surface has other vertical scars. The ventral surface has conchoidal ripples. The bulb of percussion is missing.
It measures 35.88mm in length, 21.13mm in width, 7.18mm thick and weighs 5.47grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.88 mm
Width: 21.13 mm
Thickness: 7.18 mm
Weight: 5.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th April 2018 - Thursday 26th April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Cotheridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8053
Four figure Latitude: 52.17489104
Four figure longitude: -2.29388038
1:25K map: SO8053
1:10K map: SO85SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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