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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-157623
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 16.4 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Near Westow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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