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Unique ID: YORYM-521777
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete flint scraper/ lop-sided flat based oval knife of Neolithic date (3500-2100 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains four major negative scars with corresponding arrises. There is fine retouch to the distal edge, and the proximal end has been abruptly blunted. The right hand side is composed of cortex. The ventral surface is concave and is smooth with the exception of a bulb of percussion at the distal end.
The flint is a dark brown and the cortex is a light cream colour.
Length: 53.3mm Width: 25.4mm Thickness: 10.2mm Weight: 13.5g
Bond, Pg, 145, Fig, 5.131, No, 23.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.3 mm
Width: 25.4 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 13.5 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 145 | 5.131 |