NLM-50EDD6: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Scraper

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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: NLM-50EDD6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age scraper. The opaque grey flint flake is sub-circular and is worked on both faces. The dorsal face has a few flakes removed with remaining ripple marks and the distal end is hollow with some retouch. The ventral face is heavily worked with flakes removed in various directions with ripple marks remaining. There is no obvious bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The length is 25.9mm, the width is 27.2mm, the thickness is 9.2mm and the weight is 5.98g.

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.9 mm
Width: 27.2 mm
Thickness: 9.2 mm
Weight: 5.98 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Collingham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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