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ADZE
Unique ID: NLM5632
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic flint adze, knapped and partly polished.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 96.2 mm
Width: 44.2 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 81.34 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2401
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: LINCOLNSHIRE WELTON LE MARSH
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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