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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: IOW-0B3C8D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete flint scraper of possible Neolithic date.
This tool, made on a tertiary blade, is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section.
The dorsal face has two faces divided by a prominent arris. The left side has been retouched and has short sub-parallel, semi-abrupt removals. The distal end has a notch to the left and to the right it has been semi-abruptly trimmed. The ventral face has no bulb of percussion. It has been retouched on the right side and has four short, semi-abrupt and parallel removals.
This implement is grey with black and creamy mottling.
Height: 50.2mm; width: 23.2mm; thickness: 9.8mm. Weight: 11.19g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
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: Exactly 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 50.2 mm
Width: 23.2 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 11.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-185
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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