Record ID: LIN-27F5E7 - NEOLITHIC lithic implement

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LIN-27F5E7

Object type certainty: Certain

A flint Neolithic or Bronze Age knife. The flint is subtriangular in plan with a flat striking platform and cortex at the distal end. Working is visible on the left hand side and minor retouch is noted on the distal edge next to the cortex. A worked notch is visible on the right hand side. The dorsal surface has one wide flake scar down the centre with the working on narrower scars to either side. The flint is mid-brown in colour.

Class: Knife

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 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 28 mm
Width: 30 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: South Kesteven
Parish: Folkingham

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF0734
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 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 6th August 2010

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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