Record ID: LIN-DED987 - NEOLITHIC lithic implement

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Lithic implement

Unique ID: LIN-DED987

Object type certainty: Certain

A Neolithic or Bronze Age waste flake, or perhaps a knife. The flake is roughly triangular in plan with cortex along the back. The flint has a flat striking platform at the top, with a bulb of percussion flowing from it. The edge is damaged and does not appear to have been worked. The flint is a mid-brown colour.

Class: Flake

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: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 30 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Horncastle

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

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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