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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LIN-481951

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Neolithic/Bronze Age flint knife. The knife is elongated and has a lozenge head. The flint is also triangular in cross-section. The flint has a flat striking platform and some cortex remaining on the dorsal surface. There is working all around the lozenge head and the narrow sides.

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 10 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Walcot Near Folkingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0734
Four figure Latitude: 52.892812
Four figure longitude: -0.410984
1:25K map: TF0734
1:10K map: TF03SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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