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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LIN-659310

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint scraper or knife. The flint has approximately 70 percent cortex remaining on its dorsal surface, and a line of secondary working along one edge at the distal end. The flint is mottled cream-yellow in colour.

Class: Knife

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3000 BC
Date to: 2000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 7 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Folkingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0734
Four figure Latitude: 52.892812
Four figure longitude: -0.410984
1:25K map: TF0734
1:10K map: TF03SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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