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SIDE SCRAPER

Unique ID: NLM-512064

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A flint side scraper. The translucent dark brown flint is almost completely with a blue and white speckled patina. The distal end is covered with a thin creamy coloured cortex and the right mesial edge of the dorsal face has short parallel retouch. On the ventral face is a slight bulb of percussion. The length is 34.8mm, the width is 21.6mm and the weight is 8.36g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.8 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Weight: 8.36 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM09982

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Broughton (Civil Parish)

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

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