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KNIFE
Unique ID: WILT-F0A6AC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint Neolithic knife dating to the period c. 4000 - 2701 BC. The knife has been soft hammer struck a small striking platform and low bulb of percussion. It retains traces of cortex (<5%) on the dorsal surface. One mesal surface exhbits a combination of long crossed abrupt scaled flaking, the other mesal edge exhibits long scaled low angle flaking.
The flint is a glossy dark grey colour, with very little recortication.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.46 mm
Width: 18.22 mm
Thickness: 6.94 mm
Weight: 7.79 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2015-2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: Roxwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6409
Four figure Latitude: 51.75568062
Four figure longitude: 0.37468434
1:25K map: TL6409
1:10K map: TL60NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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