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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SOM-72B8F0
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worked flint side scraper, made from a secondary flake. The dorsal face has a central ridge running its length. To the right of this, the majority of the dorsal face is corticated. To the left is a long flaking scar, with two smaller ones at the promimal end. The left edge of the dorsal face has short semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral face is slightly convex. The flint is dark brown-grey with a light-grey patch on the ventral face at the bulb of purcussion. The object is probably of Neolithic to Bronze Age date. Length: 48.4mm Width: 23.1mm Thickness: 9.4mm Weight: 10.2g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.4 mm
Width: 23.1 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 10.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th January 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020361
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Near Bradford Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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