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SERRATED IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: NLM-910DC2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint serrated implement. Long flake with long parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb and slight concavity on its ventral. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect follows one long edge; other edge damage is probably the result of fortuitous impacts. The object has accumulated a dense creamy patina with iron stained patches overall, and suggests the object has endured prolonged exposure after itas deposition. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 61.1mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness: 9.4mm, Weight: 8.90gms.
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 AD 3500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.1 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 8.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31069
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: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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