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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-B8CDB8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

This piece is in the shape of an isosceles triangle. The proximal tip is at one corner. The ventral face has a bulb and hinged removal. There is some semi-abrupt retouch to the distal long, hollow margin. The dorsal face retains secondary cortex. Its left face margin has been cleanly snapped. Its right margin has some abrupt abraded retouch. The main work has been on the distal margin in two phases. Semi-abrupt retouch to create an edge, which ha sbeen blunted with abrupt retouch to create an hollowed edge.

It is made from a clerical grey to black flint. It was probably derived from a local beach pebble by the look of its secondary cortex. It is heavily abraded.

Butler (2005) illustrates a similar tool on Page 52 Fig 19 No 3, which he places in the Neolithic period and calls a hollow scraper.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.5 mm
Width: 32.7 mm
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Weight: 10.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th June 2004 - Saturday 19th June 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 60.16
Museum accession number: TRURI 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Royal Cornwall Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Butler, C.	2005	Prehistoric Flintwork	Stroud	The History Press	52 Fig 19	3

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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