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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-E5AD85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey translucent flint of good quality knife fragment. Flake with long parallel flakes removed from the dorsal side and with a tiny bulb and faint ripples on the ventral. The appearance of retouch executed from the ventral aspect probably arises from impacts on the longer cutting edges. The lack of patina may suggest this object was incorporated into a sealed context shortly after its deposition. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 25.5mm, Width: 13.7mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 1.14gms.
Class: Flint
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: 25.5 mm
Width: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 1.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29382
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
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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