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LEIC-59699D: Late neolithic/early Bronze age flint knife

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PLANO CONVEX KNIFE

Unique ID: LEIC-59699D

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Published Find published

Late Neolithic or Ealy Bronze age plano convex flint knife 3500-1600BC. The flint is a translucent dark brown and has a rectangular shape and a shallow D- shaped cross section. It has low angled, invasive re-touch down one side and along the edge of its dorsal surface. The opposite side has minor re-touch along its length. The venrtal side is untouched with a shallow bulb of percussion to one side near its

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 5.29 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Clawson, Hose and Harby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7227
Four figure Latitude: 52.83571584
Four figure longitude: -0.93265038
1:25K map: SK7227
1:10K map: SK72NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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