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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-8F640B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint with cortex, scraper. Thick flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side, producing a smooth concave thumb rest, and with a bulb on one side of the ventral surface. Angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curved edge. Short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect also trims that side where the bulb lies. Patches of misty patina, more on the dorsal side, may suggest a subsequent limited period of exposure to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC
Length: 35.5mm, Width: 25.6mm, Thickness: 9.1mm, Weight: 10.67gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.5 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 10.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th October 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48080
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: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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