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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: WMID-C6C087
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Knapped flint thumbnail scraper. Neolithic (3500BC - 2100BC). Mass: 2.3g; length: 16.8mm; width: 21.2mm; depth: 6.5mm. Primary dark grey/off white flint flake with retouch around much of the edge, covering approximately 40% of the dorsal face, with the remaining approximately 60% being cortical.
Class: thumbnail
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 3500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.8 mm
Width: 21.2 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
To be known as: Lichfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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