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BLADE

Unique ID: LEIC-92F42B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Mesolithic flint bladelet fragment.Light grey opaque patina. Tertiary blade segment, central section snapped at both ends of a bladelet with parallel ridges from a bladelet core.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 0.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment

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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: SK7825
Four figure Latitude: 52.8169068
Four figure longitude: -0.84408048
1:25K map: SK7825
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: 4 years ago

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