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BACKED BLADE
Unique ID: NLM-76C03B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint with cortex strip; backed blade. A small thin flake with broad parallel flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of the ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one long edge; the opposite edge retains a strip of cortex enabling pressure to be brought to bear on the cutting edge. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 23.8mm, Width: 12.1mm, Thickness: 3.6mm, Weight: 1.57gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.8 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 1.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39549
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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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