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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: WAW-CF6AE6

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

The object is probably a type of scraper. The scraper has been knapped from a mottled dark brown coloured flint. In plan the scraper is a sub-circular shape. The dorsal face (the face with the most scars) has retouch around the side and lower edges. One edge with re-touch is quite steep which makes it difficult to be used as a scraper. The ventral face (smooth face) has no retouch, but has bulbar scars where the flint was struck. The scraper, with the striking platform at the top, is 35.1mm long and is 36.6mm wide. It weighs 21.2g. If the object is a prehistoric scraper it probably dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods, approximately 2500 to 1500 B.C.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.1 mm
Width: 36.6 mm
Weight: 21.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th September 2005 - Friday 7th October 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Salford Priors (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP0751
Four figure Latitude: 52.157234
Four figure longitude: -1.899095
1:25K map: SP0751
1:10K map: SP05SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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