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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LIN-5460C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper made on a plunging flake. The flint is sub-triangular and has a flat striking platform at the proximal end. Cortex survives in one corner; the opposite side has some retouch. Mottled grey/brown flint.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Caistor area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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