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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: DUR-524326
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A collection of four lithic implements that are all probably Neolithic/ Bronze Age in date. The flakes are all secondary and two still have parts of the cortex remaining. Two of the flakes are grey in colour, the other two are brown in colour.
Notes:
The flakes were found in the same area as other lithic implements, record numbers: DUR-51F8B5, DUR-529581, DUR-52BAF7, DUR-52D705 and DUR-52EDB2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
Weight: 21.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Thursday 12th January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Middleton St. George (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ3611
Four figure Latitude: 54.49306
Four figure longitude: -1.44573
1:25K map: NZ3611
1:10K map: NZ31SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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