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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-7714B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Three blue-grey flint (with cortex on two) Debitage fragments. Three flake fragments of length 32-22mm and maximum thickness10.5mm with long parallel flake removal scars on the dorsal sides and two with a bulb of percussion on the ventral (to the top in illustration). A cloudy patchy white patina extends over all struck surfaces. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25927
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)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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