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LEIC-705C1B: Early Mesolithic to late Bronze Age flint retouched flake

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RETOUCHED FLAKE

Unique ID: LEIC-705C1B

Object type certainty: Certain
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Early Mesolithic to late Bronze Age flint retouched flake. 26mm in length, 21mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 5.5grams. The implement is sub triangular in form, and has a dark reddish brown opaque patina. The flake has been hard hammer struck. It is retouched on the ventral face, but only slightly.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 8000 BC
Date to: Circa 501 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 5.5 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: Eaton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7627
Four figure Latitude: 52.83516736
Four figure longitude: -0.87328523
1:25K map: SK7627
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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

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