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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-70C6C2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint rounded scraper of unknown date, from Mesolithic to Bronze Age, about 10000 BC - 1000 BC. The scraper is formed on a secondary flake of dark grey, opaque flint which is dark yellow near the cortex and has a band of light grey running through it too. It is not patinated. It is oval in plan and plano-convex. There is long, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch on all but the proximal right side. 37.8mm long, 31.4mm wide and 14.1mm thick. 17.1g. The scraper is similar to, but larger than, a thumbnail scraper, but does not have covering retouch.
Class: Rounded
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.8 mm
Width: 31.4 mm
Thickness: 14.1 mm
Weight: 17.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1965 - Friday 31st December 1965
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2345
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: Bradford (Metropolitan District)
District: Bradford (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Oxenhope (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0332
Four figure Latitude: 53.78431593
Four figure longitude: -1.95595012
1:25K map: SE0332
1:10K map: SE03SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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