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DEBITAGE

Unique ID: OXON-368FF3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A broken flint flake with three previous flake scars on the dorsal surface. Mesolithic to Bronze Age c. 10,000 - 1500 BC.

Notes:

Oxfordshire PAS Rally Record Sheet No: Y214

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.24 mm
Width: 14.59 mm
Weight: 2.67 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 15th September 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Detectival 2018

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Leafield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3116
Four figure Latitude: 51.84174835
Four figure longitude: -1.55143938
1:25K map: SP3116
1:10K map: SP31NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 11 months ago

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