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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-59BAA5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex debitage. Flake with long parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with rippled concave ventral surface. White misty patina suggests the object was exposed for a long period after its deposition. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Length: 35.1mm, Width: 15.8mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 2.92gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.1 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 2.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31511
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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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