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Description: | 6 pieces of lithic debitage of probable Neolithic date. 3500-2100 BC.1. The flint is a dark brown colour with cream inclusions and some light grey core at the distal end. The implement is blade like in shape, triangular in profile with negative scars and cracking ripples present both dorsally and ventrally. Length: 78.6mm, Width: 31.7mm, Weight: 38.1g.2. The flint is light grey in colour with some cream inclusions, the implement is ovate with a large bulb of percussion at its distal dorsal end. The ventral surface has three negative scars, possibly from blade removal with corresponding cracking ripples. Length: 34.3mm, Width: 30.6, Weight: 9.8g.3. The flint is a yellowish colour with cream inclusions. The implement is a roughly leaf shape with an abruptly blunted distal end. There are three predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises dorsally. The ventral surface is smooth and concave. Length: 33.8mm, Width: 24.2mm, Weight: 4.0g.4. The flint is a dark grey with cream inclusions with light grey and cream cortex to the distal end of the dorsal surface. The implement is ovate with five large negative scars dorsally with corresponding arrises, possibly due to flake removal. There is a small bulb of percussion on the proximal ventral surface which is otherwise smooth. Length: 28.2mm, Width: 24.3mm, Weight: 4.7g.5. The flint is a light reddish colour with some cream inclusions. Blunted to the distal end and terminating in a rough point at the proximal end. There are three large negative scars with corresponding arrises dorsally with a number of smaller negative scars along the outer edges. The ventral surface is predominantly smooth with cracking ripples. Length: 29.9mm, Width: 23.6mm, Weight: 4.6g.6. The flint is a light greyish brown. The dorsal surface is dominated by a bulb of percussion to the proximal end with cracking ripples emanating towards its distal end. The ventral surface is also dominated by cracking ripples which emanate from the left hand side running through to the right hand edge, there are a number of small negative scars on both left and right hand sides but highly concentrated to the right hand edge. Length: 51.0mm, Width: 26.5mm, Weight: 9.7g.Similar examples can be seen in the PAS Database, Unique ID: YORYM-442476.
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