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BACKED BLADE
Unique ID: KENT-CE44B6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete flint back blade likely dating to the Neolithic c. 4000-2200BC.
Description: The blade is irregularly shaped but thinner at the butt/proximal end, it is roughly triangular in cross section. The flaking on the ventral side is long and clear. The backed edge has been intentionally blunted with short scaled abrupt retouch, along the edge of the right side of the ventral edge. There is a small amount of retouch on the broken edge, which has snapped evenly across the width of the blade. The retouch on the break is on the ventral side is short irregularly scaled and abrupt. It is possible this retouch was to blunt the sharp break. It is uncertain what the full length of the blade would have been due to this break. The blade edge has been quite badly battered after the tool was made as it goes through the subtle patination. The flint is a dark grey with some mottled blue-white patination which is most prominent on the dorsal side.
Measurements: 40mm long, 19.84mm wide, 7.76mm thick and 6.18g in weight.
Evidence of reuse: Retouch across break which goes through the patination
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 19.84 mm
Thickness: 7.76 mm
Weight: 6.18 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Wingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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