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LEIC-677A51: Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic broken flint blade

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BLADE

Unique ID: LEIC-677A51

Object type certainty: Certain
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Late Mesolithic to early Neolithic broken flint blade. 29mm long, 12mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 1.7g. The blade is sub rectangular in form, and has a semi-translucent light grey patina. The object has been made using uni-directional technology. Only the distal end remains. The distal end is a hinge fracture.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 6000 BC
Date to: Circa 2701 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.7 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
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: 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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