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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-176685
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint worked waste flake of Neolithic date (4500-1500 BC). The lithic is sub-ovate in profile, the dorsal surface is convex with covering across the entire surface. There is semi-abrupt retouch to the distal, left and right hand edges. The ventral surface is concave evidence of hinged flake removal towards the proximal edge.
The flint is a light blue-ish grey in colour with dark grey inclusions throughout.
Class: Worked Flake
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 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.67 mm
Width: 25.16 mm
Thickness: 11.27 mm
Weight: 7.89 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
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: Ulrome
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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