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CORE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-249549
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint blade core, probably dating to the Neolithic period. The core is fabricated on a piece of dark brown flint .There is a small area of grey cortex remaining on one side. At the top of the core a broad striking platform has been prepared from a single, lateral strike. At the base, the core tapers to a point. All of the vertical surfaces show scars from the removal of a number of blades. Two of these blade removal scars run perpendicular to the others and parallel to each other, struck from a small, second platform and crossing those from the main striking platform. This appears to be a core at the end of its life and it is likely that these two blades were the last ones struck from it.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.87 mm
Width: 42.15 mm
Weight: 32.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th September 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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Utterby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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