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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-046A61
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cloudy patina. Flake with broad and narrow parallel flakes removed from its dorsal side and with faint ripples on the ventral. A part of the back of the object is lost to recent impact. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC.
Length: 12.4mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 0.49gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.4 mm
Width: 14.3 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27296a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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