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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: BERK-2CEB96

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Middle Palaeolithic flint flake (40,000-8,300BC). This is a tertiary flake from late in the reduction sequence with no cortex present. The flake is from a reduced core. There is a small amount of retouch present. Dimensions: length: 28.03mm; width: 32.58mm; thickness: 10.01mm; weight: 11.89g.

Notes:

This assemblage of tools has been made from the same flint, they have the same patination and the ridges have been flattened. They have come from a secondary context from the gravel.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to finder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: 40000 BC
Date to: 8300 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.03 mm
Width: 32.58 mm
Thickness: 10.01 mm
Weight: 11.89 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2005

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Banbury

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Returned to finder.
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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