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Blade made of flint, surface find

 

 

Category: 
Tools > flint device > sickel insertation
Finder: 
Nico
Find ID: 
VT-3TQ47T9S
Published: 
2.3.2025
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Period: 
Young Stone Age (Neolithic) Southern Lower Saxony (5400 – 2200 BC)
Description: 
surface find
Material: 
Flintstone
Length: 
49,0 mm
Width: 
20,0 mm
Height: 
4,6 mm
Condition: 
Mostly preserved
Detector: 
AT Pro
Country: 
Germany
County: 
Gifhorn

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Markus Wehmer   2.3.2025
Quite likely a sickle insert. Very nice find!
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Jan   3.3.2025
Awesome, congratulations on the great find.
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Ute Bartelt   3.3.2025
A very nice find! But I would put a question mark behind the "Neolithic" date. It could just as easily be Bronze Age... Certain flint artifacts - and blades are among them - were also in use in later periods.
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