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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-18667B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint debitage. Long flake with long parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a concave wavy ventral surface. Misty white patina suggests the object has endured exposure to a calcareous environment for a period after its deposition. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.
Length: 36.8mm, Width: 11.5mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 1.06gms.
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: 36.8 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.06 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35107
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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