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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-B31611

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A side scraper of probable early Neolithic date, 4000 - 2350 BC. The flake is partly translucent, dark grey in colour and sub-rectangular in shape. The dorsal face has a whitish patina and has two parallel flakes removed. The ventral surface is smooth with a prominent bulb of percussion with lines of percussion emanating from it.

There is reworking to the upper left mesal, where a narrow flake has been removed, and there is short, semi-abrupt, parallel retouch to the lower right mesal.

Suggested date: early Neolithic, 4000 - 2350 BC.

Length: 32.2mm, width: 17.2mm, thickness: 5.9mm. Weight: 3.5 gm

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 3.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th October 2019

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cottam (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9767
Four figure Latitude: 54.0897776
Four figure longitude: -0.51849661
1:25K map: SE9767
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
Discovery circumstances: Whilst metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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