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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-0781B9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint end scraper, probably dating from the Bronze Age (c. 2350 - 801 BC).
The tool is on a secondary flake, is suboval in plan and of sub-triangular cross section. Part of the striking platform remains, with a deep bulbar scar below, on the ventral surface. Retouch, confined to the rounded distal end, varies between long, sub-parallel and low-angle to short and abrupt. The white surface of the exposed flint is indicative of deposition in alkaline soil.
Length: 43.2mm; width: 39.3mm; thickness: 13.2mm. Weight: 23.96g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.2 mm
Width: 39.3 mm
Thickness: 13.2 mm
Weight: 23.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 48
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: TL2538
Four figure Latitude: 52.02633853
Four figure longitude: -0.17950572
1:25K map: TL2538
1:10K map: TL23NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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