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KNIFE
Unique ID: LIN-548677
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint flake, perhaps used as an end scraper. It is sub-rectangular in plan and is made on a broken plunging flake. Flake scars are visible on the dorsal surface. No striking platform is visible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Caistor area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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