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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: KENT-4ABDB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, Stone Age, knapped, medium size worked flint blade or possible burin/piercing tool. The lithic implement has a narrow vesica shape with an 'expanded' proximal end. It has a pale brown/grey colour with a grey spot inclusion on the dorsal surface, a bulb of percussion with small bulbar scar, small platform and fine ripples. There has also been some fine secondary working to produce the pointed distal end and four blade beds on the dorsal surface. This lithic is likely to date to the Neolithic-Bronze Age period. Ref. Detector Finds 5, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2002, page 9-15 fig. 3 & 7 and Prehistoric Flintwork, Chris Butler, reprint 2011, History Press, page 36-52. The lithic is 43.37mm long, 20.37mm wide, 8.78mm thick and weighs 5.9g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.37 mm
Width: 20.37 mm
Thickness: 8.78 mm
Weight: 5.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Gravesham (District)
To be known as: Gravesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2002 | Detector Finds 5 | Great Britain | Greenlight Publishing | 9-15 | fig. 3 & 7 | |
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 36-52 |
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