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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-8FD5AA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete flint scraper of Neolithic date (4000-2350 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and concavo-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains four predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. The distal end of the lithic is composed of retained cortex. The proximal end has been abruptly blunted, all other edges contain regular, fine, semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is smooth with minor negative scars resulting from the retouch to the left hand edge. The lithic retains some cortex and is therefore a secondary flake.
The flint is dark grey, the cortex is a dark cream in colour.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 27.32 mm
Thickness: 10.85 mm
Weight: 11.1 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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Thixendale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8359
Four figure Latitude: 54.02033879
Four figure longitude: -0.7346609
1:25K map: SE8359
1:10K map: SE85NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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