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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: NLM-327DC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex debitage. An irregular small chunk with broad flakes of cortex and a longer narrower flake trimmed by hard hammer from the dorsal side and with a rippled ventral surface. A dense creamy patina has developed over all struck surfaces, suggesting prolonged period of exposure to a calcareous environment; this is glossed, perhaps by wind-blown sand - 'desert gloss' - occurring in a periglacial environment. The patina has been removed by more recent and probably random impacts. Suggested date: Upper Palaeolithic, 40,000-10,000 BC
Length: 48.9mm, Width: 29.6mm, Thickness: 12.4mm, Weight: 18.50gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 10000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.9 mm
Width: 29.6 mm
Thickness: 12.4 mm
Weight: 18.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37711
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: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnetby le Wold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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