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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-F55C85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c. 4000 - 801 BC).
The tool, which has been made on a thick secondary blade, is sub-rectangular in plan and of sub-trapezoidal section. The remaining cortex occupies the central portion of the dorsal surface. The mesial edges have abrupt, irregular retouch; the distal end is more carefully worked, with long, sub-parallel and abrupt retouch. The opposing end has been squared off, possibly by grinding or abrupt retouch, and the surface above exhibits long, sub-parallel, low angle retouch, which is interrupted by a fossil inclusion. On the ventral surface no trace of the striking point remains and there are no ripples. Exposure to alkaline soil has resulted in a white surface, with occasional iron staining.
Length: 56.4mm; width: 24.5mm; thickness: 10.9mm. Weight: 20.23g.
Class: Side and end
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.4 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 10.9 mm
Weight: 20.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 15
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL2539
Four figure Latitude: 52.03532464
Four figure longitude: -0.17914069
1:25K map: TL2539
1:10K map: TL23NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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