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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: WMID-1F0855

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A prehistoric flint end and side scraper. Length 33.2mm; width: 22.8mm; thickness: 8.2mm; mass: 7.2g. The scraper is formed on a dark gray, almost black coloured secondary flint flake, with approximately 10% cortex remaining on one edge of the ventral side. There is abrupt retouch on part of one mesial edge and the distal end of the ventral side. The dorsal side has gentle ripples of the concoidal fracture, with a series of scars at the proximal end. There is also a large scar on one side of the distal end. The scraper is likely to be prehistoric, probably dating from the mesolithic to the bronze age period (c. 8300 BC to c. 1500 BC).

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 8300 BC
Date to: 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33.2 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 7.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th August 2008

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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: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
To be known as: Wootton

Spatial coordinates

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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Updated: 11 years ago

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