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DEBITAGE

Unique ID: LIN-1FFC94

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A flint flake, probably early Neolithic in date. It is elongated and has three or four flake scars on the dorsal surface. It has a chalky-white patina.

Notes:

Part of an old collection from Castle Carlton; no closer location is known.

Class: Flake

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6500 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 71 mm
Width: 42 mm
Thickness: 5 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Reston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF3983
Four figure Latitude: 53.3256728
Four figure longitude: 0.08556033
1:25K map: TF3983
1:10K map: TF38SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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