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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LIN-564361

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint knife or awl. The knife is sub-triangular in plan and has two main dorsal ridges running its length. Both long edges have been retouched, the left from the dorsal side and the right from the ventral. In profile the knife is slightly concave. There is no cortex left on the tool.

Class: Knife

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 3000 BC
Date to: Circa 2000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 6 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: South Ormsby cum Ketsby

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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