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KNIFE
Unique ID: LIN-3EA13D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flint knife dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The knife is made from an elongated flake. The flake is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section. The flake has a flat striking platform at the proximal end, and a bulb of percussion on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has two main flake scars, with smaller ones towards the proximal end. The body has a light blue patina, and one flake scar is of a whiter coloured patina, possibly representing recortification. A line of retouch is visible along one side, and this area exposes the brown coloured flint beneath. This in turn suggests that the retouch is later than the flake. The retouch is short, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2013
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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: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Irnham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0227
Four figure Latitude: 52.83087892
Four figure longitude: -0.48746463
1:25K map: TF0227
1:10K map: TF02NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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