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LEIC-C00C74: Mesolithic (Early - Later) flint truncated piece

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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LEIC-C00C74

Object type certainty: Certain
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Mesolithic flint truncated piece, 8000 - 4001BC. 20mm in length, 11mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 0.7grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It has a light brownish cream opaque patina, with a truncated proximal end.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.7 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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