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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-06DD77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint pebble scraper, roughly oval in plan and plano-convex in profile. The distal edge has been retouched for use as an end scraper. The cortex covers 1-49% of the surface area and it is a mid grey in colour.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 126, Fig. 5.113, No. 5 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.54 mm
Width: 19.21 mm
Thickness: 10.19 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th June 2007 - Tuesday 12th June 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 500.1
Museum accession number: TRURI 2011.23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 126, Fig. 5.113 | 5 |
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