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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LEIC-970B3E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Palaeolithic (Lower) to Palaeolithic (Middle) proto-biface, 112mm long, 64mm wide, 44mm thick and 306.2g in weight. Crude looking handaxe that has turned almost completely creamy white through patination. Cutting edge only down one side and rather thick, not thinned by soft hammer percussion.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Exactly 40000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 112 mm
Width: 64 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Diameter: 306.2 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7626
Four figure Latitude: 52.82617968
Four figure longitude: -0.87351772
1:25K map: SK7626
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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