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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: LEIC-D0F9DB

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Mesolithic flint implement: piercer.

Made on a tertiary flint blade, light speckled-cream opaque patina. The distal end is retouched to form the piercer: short, low-angle on the left and abrupt on the right, scaler.

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: 28 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 2.7 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: Clawson, Hose and Harby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7227
Four figure Latitude: 52.83571584
Four figure longitude: -0.93265038
1:25K map: SK7227
1:10K map: SK72NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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