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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-2103CD
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Blue-grey flint with cortex possible scraper. A segment struck as a flake from a cylindrical nodule with parallel pressure flaked scars at one point on its edge, and with limited trimming of cortex and adjacent pressure flaking scars at one point on the edge, enabling the first fracture surfaces to serve as finger and thumb rests. Cloudy white patches of light patina extend over fracture surfaces. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-3500 BC.
Length: 31.4mm, Width: 23.6mm, Thickness: 12.3mm, Weight: 12.85gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.4 mm
Width: 23.6 mm
Thickness: 12.3 mm
Weight: 12.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25886a
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: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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