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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-06CDA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2350 BC. The implement is a scraper formed from a tertiary flake which is leaf-shaped in plan and D-shaped section. The ventral surface is smooth with the bulb of percussion and striking platform having been removed. The dorsal surface is irregular having had numerous flakes removed and has extensive steep retouch around the distal edge. The flint is a dark grey colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 48.1mm long, 33.7mm wide, 9.9mm thick and weighs 17.6g.
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: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.1 mm
Width: 33.7 mm
Thickness: 9.9 mm
Weight: 17.6 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: TA1872
Four figure Latitude: 54.13031344
Four figure longitude: -0.19564586
1:25K map: TA1872
1:10K map: TA17SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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