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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: WAW-5D9C94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
35 pieces of flint working debitage, probably Early Neolithic, c. 4,000-3,300BC, all made from the same, mid-grey, translucent flint. 19 pieces show tertiary flint working (second image) and 16 secondary flint working (first image) retaining some of the original cortex. The nature of this suggests the use of flint cobbles as raw material. The flints can be described as 'blade like flakes' which, with the use of a soft hammer, supports the Early Neolithic dating. Only one piece is recorticated, and possilby intrusive, the rest is clean and the assemblage appears homogeneous.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 35
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Birm 754 755
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Cubbington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3269
Four figure Latitude: 52.31817668
Four figure longitude: -1.53197046
1:25K map: SP3269
1:10K map: SP36NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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