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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-E8AEF4
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey semi-translucent flint knife fragment. Flake with two long flake removal scars on its dorsal side and with a bulb of percussion on its ventral. Misty white patina on these exposed surfaces is interrupted by short scalar retouch along one edge, executed from the ventral side. Suggested date (all uses): Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 30.3mm, Width: 16.8mm, Thickness: 7.2mm, Weight: 3.77gms.
Evidence of reuse: Patina on struck surface interrupted by retouch
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Period of reuse: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.3 mm
Width: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 3.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26395a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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