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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-067B62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Bronze Age date, circa 2350 - 800 BC. The implement is a large and crude scraper formed from a secondary flake which is sub-ovate in both plan and section. The ventral surface is smooth with the bulb of percussion and striking platform having been removed and irregular flaking around all edges. The dorsal surface is also irregular with steep to shallow flake removal. Roughly 40% of the dorsal surface retains its cortex.
The flint is a mid brownish-grey colour. The implement is 50.1mm long, 42.2mm wide, 13.8mm thick and weighs 32.8g.
Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. They had many different functions as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.1 mm
Width: 42.2 mm
Thickness: 13.8 mm
Weight: 32.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bempton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA2072
Four figure Latitude: 54.12985098
Four figure longitude: -0.16505544
1:25K map: TA2072
1:10K map: TA27SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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