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FLAKE
Unique ID: LEIC-DEAE29
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lower to middle Palaeolithic flint flaked flake. 58mm in length, 35mm wide and 17mm thick with a weight of 39grams. The flake is sub rectangular in form with a light greyish cream opaque patina. The object is flaked on the ventral face similar to Kombewa flakes, with a central parallel ridge on the dorsal face. It is hinge fractured at the distal end, has a large plain butt. Hard hammer struck, probably dating to the Middle Palaeolithic.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 40001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58 mm
Width: 35 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 39 g
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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: SK7725
Four figure Latitude: 52.81705032
Four figure longitude: -0.85891522
1:25K map: SK7725
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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