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CORE
Unique ID: NLM-7AEC28
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey cloudy flint core fragment. Effectively plano-convex fragment of struck flint with a series of long blade removal scars on its convex aspect - presumably the dorsal side of a larger piece from which this became detached. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC.
Length: 60mm, Width: 32.5mm, Thickness: 15mm, Weight: 31.56gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 31.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM18268a
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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