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LEIC-3494DA: Palaeolithic to Mesolithic flint blade

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BLADE

Unique ID: LEIC-3494DA

Object type certainty: Certain
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Upper Palaeolithic to late Mesolithic flint blade, 40mm long, 14mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 5g.

The blade is sub rectangular in form and has a light grey opaque patina and has broken at the proximal end

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 40000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 5 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
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: From 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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