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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-EC6463
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint knife. A thick flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and a bulbar ventral surface. Long angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one long edge. The other side of the same edge is trimmed by short scalar retouch executed from the ventral aspect, with similar working along part of the opposite edge. The lack of patina may suggest the object was incorporated into a sealed context shortly after its deposition. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 24.9mm, Width: 23.4mm, Thickness: 13.1mm, Weight: 8.89gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.9 mm
Width: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 13.1 mm
Weight: 8.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th May 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32535
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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