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Unique ID: NLM-E9AF47
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Dark grey and mottled flint with cortex probable end scraper. Flake with two long flake removal scars on its dorsal aspect and a bulb of percussion on the ventral, both episodes being executed from the same end. Abrupt retouch at both ends produced working edges, marred by subsequent adventitious damage. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 48.1mm, Width: 28.6mm, Thickness: 8.6mm, Weight: 12.34gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.1 mm
Width: 28.6 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 12.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24207a
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 Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.63262431
Four figure longitude: -0.62530142
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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