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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LIN-0F8452
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint thumbnail scraper of Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The scraper is sub-oval in plan and has a flat striking platform. A bulb of percussion issues from this on the ventral surface. No cortex remains on the dorsal surface. The dorsal surface contains covering, scaled, abrupt retouch. The flint is dark brown.
Class: Thumbnail
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 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Wragby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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