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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-EAE32A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint with light cloudy patina debitage. Two bladelets with long flakes removed from their dorsal sides and low bulbs at one end of their ventral sides. The fresh condition may argue these were incorporated into a sealed context fairly soon after striking. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Combined Weight: 1.75gms.
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: 2
Weight: 1.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27260a
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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