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KNIFE
Unique ID: SWYOR-8F5902
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A flint knife dating from the Late Neolithic perid, 2500-2100BC. The knife is roughly leaf shaped and has been worked across the whole of the dorsal surface. On the ventral surface there is a small amount of retouch on the right edge creating a denticulated edge suitable for cutting. The ventral face is smooth and concave. The knife measures 53.42mm in length, 31.43mm in width and 7.83mm in thickness. It weighs 13.53g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.42 mm
Width: 31.43 mm
Thickness: 7.83 mm
Weight: 13.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barmby Moor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7649
Four figure Latitude: 53.93155684
Four figure longitude: -0.84396668
1:25K map: SE7649
1:10K map: SE74NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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