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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-0EAA04
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date. The length of this artefact is more than twice the width and with the sides more or less parallel. The object is a flint blade, roughly triangular in plan and rectangular in section tapering to a blunt point. The striking platform and bulb percussion no longer remain but numerous ripples of percussion are still present on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has had flakes removed during the shaping process.
The flint is a light grey colour with small white inclusions. The implement is 33.1mm long, 12.4mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 1.3g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.1 mm
Width: 12.4 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bridlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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