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KNIFE
Unique ID: WMID-DFCD21
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint tool quite possibly a knife. The tool is formed from a large flake. Percussion blows in the area around the bulb of percussion have clearly removed parts of the flake to make it more comfortable to hold, and an area of cortex appears to have been deliberately retained for this purpose. The piece has one sharp edge which has been subject to fine retouch from both dorsal and ventral sides. The flint is dark grey to pale grey in colour with small patches of cream cortex remaining.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.55 mm
Width: 42.5 mm
Thickness: 16.2 mm
Weight: 25.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
District: Dudley (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hayley Green and Cradley South (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9483
Four figure Latitude: 52.44493003
Four figure longitude: -2.0897017
1:25K map: SO9483
1:10K map: SO98SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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