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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LEIC-F4B07A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Four Neolithic flint implements.
From left to right, top to bottom.
1. Neolithic flint arrowhead.
Made on primary flint flake, very dark blue and light bluish-grey opaque patina. Cortical butt is the tip, base slightly worked for hafting with a ventral notching on the right base. Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age -4000 to -1000.
2. Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead.
Made on a small tertiary flake struck from a small orthogonal core. Facetted platform on lower right edge. Slight abrupt flaking on the base and right edge to shape. Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age -4000 to -1000.
3. Neolithic flint tanged arrowhead.
Made on a fragment, mid brownish-grey opaque patina. Flaked and truncated to produce a tanged base with a triangular tip. Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age -4000 to -1000.
4. Neolithic flint arrowhead.
Made on a small primary flake. Lateral break or truncation provides straight right edge from base to tip. Some partial, low-angle, parallel, retouch on base to thin for hafting. Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age -4000 to -1000.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 4
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7627
Four figure Latitude: 52.83516736
Four figure longitude: -0.87328523
1:25K map: SK7627
1:10K map: SK72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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