Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-B679D9
Object type certainty: Certain
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Dark brown flint of good quality with cortex debitage. Thick flake of triangular section with flakes removed from two facets of its dorsal side and faintly rippled and concave on its ventral. A distinctive ripple pattern in low relief appears, presumably arising from retouch executed from the dorsal aspect, at the broader end. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Length: 33.3mm, Width: 13.1mm, Thickness: 9.5mm, Weight: 3.34gms.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.3 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 3.34 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference: NLM27629
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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