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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LEIC-753599

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Undated flint point or arrowhead.

Light greyish-brown opaque patina. Tertiary piece, unidirectional technology. Facetted butt, hard-hammer struck. Abruptly retouched along both edges. Tip broken in antiquity, presumably impact damage. Possibly Palaeolithic but more likely Neolithic.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Width: 46 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 38.2 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: 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: 3 years ago

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