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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LANCUM-5D5CC6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mid Neolithic to early Bronze Age dark brown flint discoidal tool, probably a knife or saw. It has working and retouches to its entire circumference, even the striking platform. Dates to between c3500 and c1600 BC.
The length is 27mm, and the width is 25mm the thickness 5mm and the weight is 3.7g.
Class: discoidal knife or saw
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Exactly 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th May 2013
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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: South Cave
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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