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Unique ID: LEIC-3DF246
Object type certainty: Certain
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Palaeolithic flint backed point.
Made on a flint tertiary blade with unidirectional technology, patinated light cream with iron staining. Butt on the base but notched either side for hafting. Unidirectional step fracture on dorsal has helped create shouldered edge for hafting. Abrupt,scaler retouch on the left forming backing. Right edge with some alternating, parallel, short, abrupt retouch.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 13000 BC
Date to: Circa 8000 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK7624
Four figure Latitude: 52.80820427
Four figure longitude: -0.87398232
1:25K map: SK7624
1:10K map: SK72SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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