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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NLM-597BCF
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey semi-translucent lithic implement. Flake with a broad flake trimmed from its dorsal side and with a bulb and ripples on the ventral. Very short abrupt retouch, of uncertain direction, appears to have blunted one long edge. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect follows the opposite long edge, suggesting the creation of a backed blade. However, the angled end of the flake bears very short scalar retouch of the side of the bulb of percussion, as if here intended for use as a scraper. The very slight patina may suggest the object endured only a brief period of exposure after deposition and before its incorporation into a sealed context. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 28.6mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness: 6.7mm, Weight: 3.34gms.
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: 28.6 mm
Width: 20.1 mm
Thickness: 6.7 mm
Weight: 3.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29612
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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