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CORE
Unique ID: NLM-B99089
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Black flint with cortex core. One end of an oval nodule with a flat striking platform and with long narrow parallel flakes removed by unidirectional working. The lack of subsequent patination and further surface damage may indicate the object was incorporated into a sealed context shortly after its deposition. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic.
Height: 56.1mm, Width: 42.3mm, Thickness: 26.7mm, Weight: 83.54gms
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
Height: 56.1 mm
Width: 42.3 mm
Thickness: 26.7 mm
Weight: 83.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33706
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: near Caistor
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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