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SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NLM-5985BC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Honey coloured flint with dense misty patina serrated implement. Flake with long thin parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a faintly rippled ventral surface. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect has produced a straight edge which is so finely serrated as to be more easily felt than observed. Both ends are lost, possibly in antiquity but with disruption of patina, which presumably accumulated during a period of exposure. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 17.9mm, Width: 13.2mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 0.87gms.
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: 17.9 mm
Width: 13.2 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 0.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29613
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
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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