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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-4406CF
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Dark blue-grey flint knife fragment. Flake with a broad flake and a narrow flake struck from its dorsal side and slightly rippled on the ventral surface. Both long edges bear very short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect. A third adjacent straight side bears very short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect, possibly making a cutting edge from a hinge fractured edge. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 17.2mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 1.62gms.
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: 17.2 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 1.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30597
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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