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KNIFE
Unique ID: SWYOR-330AB3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint knife of Neolithic date, about 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed on a secondary flake of dark grey flint which shows no patination. It is sub-rectangular in plan, wider at the distal end than the proximal. It is trapezoidal in section, with a double dorsal ridge. There is long, scaled, low angle retouch along both sides, and some smaller and less tidy removals from the distal end. There is also an area of short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on the ventral face at the proximal end, on the right edge of the knife. The knife is 74.3mm long, 27.2mm wide and 5.8mm thick. 12.89g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 74.3 mm
Width: 27.2 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 12.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013 - Saturday 1st February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2358
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: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
District: Calderdale (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wadsworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9928
Four figure Latitude: 53.74837072
Four figure longitude: -2.01664304
1:25K map: SD9928
1:10K map: SD92NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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