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LEIC-35D973: Palaeolithic to mesolithic flint blade

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BLADE

Unique ID: LEIC-35D973

Object type certainty: Certain
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Upper Palaeolithic to late Mesolithic flint blade, 28mm long, 10mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 1.3g.

The blade is sub triangular in form and has a light blue opaque patina. The object is an orthogonal flaked core with en eperon style preparation and has snapped distally.

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: 28 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete

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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: SK7725
Four figure Latitude: 52.81705032
Four figure longitude: -0.85891522
1:25K map: SK7725
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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