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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-E5F7F9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint with misty patina patches knife. Small flake with long parallel flakes struck from the dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of the ventral. Very short abrupt scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect has provided a cutting edge on one side towards one end; the interruption of the light patina indicates the reuse of the flake followed a period of exposure. Both episodes could probably be accommodated within the Neolithic. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 25.9mm, Width: 11.6mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 1.08gms.
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: 25.9 mm
Width: 11.6 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 1.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29387
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: 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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