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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LANCUM-825D97
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lithic implement, probably a knife or scraper. It was knapped from light grey speckled flint and is hardly patinated. The dorsal face shows several large facets while the ventral face shows numerous waves/ripples. There are retouch marks forming a very ragged edge all around the edges on both the ventral and dorsal faces, although they are slightly more pronounced on the dorsal face.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.54 mm
Width: 32.37 mm
Thickness: 9.57 mm
Weight: 21.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Wyre (District)
To be known as: Catterall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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