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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-335366
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Mottled dark grey flint knife fragment. A thin curved flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a flat rippled ventral surface. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect covers a little less than half the surface. Broken, probably recently, at its narrower end. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 33.2mm, Width: 20.2mm, Thickness: 5mm, Weight: 3.13gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.2 mm
Width: 20.2 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37725
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
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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