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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-358F94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Toffee coloured clouded and opaque flint. Knife. Narrow rod shaped blade. Four very long parallel flake removal scars on the dorsal aspect confer an angular plano-convex profile; very faint rippling on the ventral side shows where the flake was detached from a core. Some slight abrasions along the edge have been smoothed. Though the object has a glossy surface overall, possibly a result of curation in antiquity, the context could equally suggest this appealing finish to be the result of wave action.
Kevin Leahy kindly comments as follows: 'An interesting object. Without retouch the Object Type for this should be DEBITAGE and then it should be described as a Blade [these amendments duly implemented]. What really interests me is its condition. The surface of this flint looks like 'desert gloss' due to it being polished by blown sand. I have seen this on flints that have been lying around in a periglacial environment and I would be happy to see this piece dated to the Upper Palaeolithic'. Suggested date: Upper Palaeolithic, 40-000-10,000 BC.
Length: 42.4mm, Width: 8.2mm, Thickness: 5.0mm, Weight: 2.01gms.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Blade
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 10000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.4 mm
Width: 8.2 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23849aa
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: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Grimsby
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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