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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LVPL-4D1028
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint implement dating to the early Prehistoric period, c.5000-3000BC. The object is sub-oval in plan and trapizodial in cross-section. The remains of a light brown cortex remains on one face. Small flakes have been removed from each face of the object. The object has been retouched next to the creamy patch of cortex and has been used as some kind of implement.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 5000 BC
Date to: Circa 3000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.64 mm
Width: 21.87 mm
Thickness: 10.08 mm
Weight: 8.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Smarden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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