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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: GLO-C71FC1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic, probably
Length 58mm, width 22mm, depth 10mm
One arise on the dorsal to the left side, remains of the cortex on the left of the arise. The bulb of percussion is missing from the ventral. There is a blade on the right side, which has had direct, short retouch down it length. Patina on the ventral is light creamy/brown, this side has also been water worn. The dorsal side has been restruck at a later date, removing the patina and exposing the grey speckled flint, the retouch is from this phase of use. Therefore this is a Neolithic blade that has been fashioned out of a much older flint tool.
Class:
blade
Evidence of reuse: reused as a Blade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 499
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
District: City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Avonmouth (Unitary Authority Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST5376
Four figure Latitude: 51.48099156
Four figure longitude: -2.67820266
1:25K map: ST5376
1:10K map: ST57NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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