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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-B6A57B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey-green mottled flint debitage. Thick flake with long parallel flakes removed from the dorsal side, probably using the striking platform at one end as this may be part of a core, and with a bulb or bulbs on the ventral side. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 29.5mm, Width: 26.3mm, Thickness: 9.2mm, Weight: 7.04gms.
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
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 26.3 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 7.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27633a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Grimsby Foreshore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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