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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-22DA3A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint with cortex, knife. A leaf-shaped flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a slightly concave smooth ventral surface. Angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trims or refreshes both converging edges of the narrower pointed end. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 43.8mm, Width: 22.1mm, Thickness: 5.7mm, Weight: 5.62gms
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: 43.8 mm
Width: 22.1 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 5.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39543
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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