NARC-5B7502: Neolithic to Bronze Age flint blade, dorsal surface

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BLADE

Unique ID: NARC-5B7502

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a broken flint blade. The blade is retouched on both of its side edges, along with retouch at the distal end. The flint is fractured as it expands with the bulb of percussion. The flint is of a pale to dark grey and pale brown flint. It was probably used during the later Neolithic to early Bronze Age.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa AD 3000
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Long Buckby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP5965
Four figure Latitude: 52.279988
Four figure longitude: -1.136607
1:25K map: SP5965
1:10K map: SP56NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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