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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: LEIC-F4DA9C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
1 Mesolithic and 2 Neolithic flint implements.
From left to right
1. Mesolithic flint microlith.
Made on a tertiary blade, light grey opaque patina. Snapped blade with abrupt, stepped retouch along both lateral edges to serrate. Early to Late Mesolithic -9000 to -4000.
2. Neolithic flint tanged arrowhead.
Made on a thin tertiary flint flake fragment. Truncation forms the right edge. Base has been notched to form tang and single barb. Also some short, abrupt retouch on lower left. Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age -3300 to -1000.
3. Neolithic flint tanged arrowhead.
Made on a tiny tertiary flint flake, dark brownish-grey semi-translucent patina. Worked slightly on the proximal end near the butt to form a small tang. Tip abruptly flaked to produce sharp tip. Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age -3300 to -1000.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
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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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