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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-6486AB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Dark toffee coloured banded flint scraper. Hollow or notched scraper with a broad flake removed from the dorsal side, a deep conchoidal hollow on the ventral, and short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect to form a shallow concave edge, with invasive scalar retouch trimming an adjacent 'nose', and rounding a similar projection at the opposite end. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 2350-800 BC.
Length: 60.3mm, Width: 25.8mm, Thickness: 10.7mm, Weight: 19.89gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.3 mm
Width: 25.8 mm
Thickness: 10.7 mm
Weight: 19.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27596a
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: Wickenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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