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BLADE
Unique ID: NLM-DCF503
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Translucent brown flint with cortex possible blade fragment. Section of knapped flint, from a long blade flake, with a sharp edge and cortex on dorsal side. Suggested date: Possibly Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC.
Length: 13.3mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 0.70gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.3 mm
Width: 12.4 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16263a
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 Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Belton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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