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BACKED BLADE
Unique ID: NLM-919964
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint with misty patches of patina backed blade. Pointed flake with long parallel flakes struck from the dorsal side and slightly concave on the ventral. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect fololows the sides of the pointed end and one long edge. The opposite long edge is battered. Some patina along the cutting edge has been lost to either reworking, damage from use, or adventitious damage. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 38.3mm, Width: 22.1mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 6.83gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.3 mm
Width: 22.1 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 6.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29341
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
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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