Record ID: NCL-CAF8E1 - NEOLITHIC knife

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KNIFE

Unique ID: NCL-CAF8E1

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Neolithich flint knife

An incomplete flint knife of the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age, c. 2500-1500 BC.

The flint consists of the end of a plano-convex knife bifacially knapped from a grey-brown flint.The blade has snapped off, with the break clearly visible in the pointed-oval section, and leaving only the 'butt' of the knife. It has a round end and is broadest at the base, tapering toward the now missing point. All edges have been pressure-flaked.

The knife is well made.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Exactly 2500 BC
Date to: Exactly 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 26.31 mm
Width: 21.97 mm
Thickness: 3.91 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Parish: Thwing

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TA0472
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th October 2010 - Tuesday 9th November 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Graeme Kettlewell - [view all attributed records]

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