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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-441004
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey-buff flint with cortex, possibly collected from the East Coast, debitage. A small flake with most of the cortex trimmed by a single strike from the dorsal aspect, and with a bulb on the ventral surface. Edge damage is probably fortuitous. The lack of patina may suggest the object was incorporated into a sealed context shortly after its deposition. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 15.2mm, Width: 19.1mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 0.93gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.2 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 0.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30598
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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