WILT-F7A533: Late Neolithic/ Early Bronze Age scraper

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: WILT-F7A533

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age scraper, with a notch in the distal end, a notch on the upper right dorsal edge and a notch on the left mesial dorsal edge. The flint is dark/ black in colour with 20% light patination. It has two tiny areas of coretex on the elft dorsal edge. Both right and left dorsal and the distal dorsal edges have light working. There is additional working on the right ventral edge. Measures 31.1x26.6x8.7mm and weighs 8.52g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2500 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.1 mm
Width: 26.6 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 8.52 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Broadwindsor (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST4203
Four figure Latitude: 50.823621
Four figure longitude: -2.8248
1:25K map: ST4203
1:10K map: ST40SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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