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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: YORYMM536

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Uniface scraper, 2 sided. Cherty flint (grey and cream/buff).

Notes:

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Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 64.2 mm
Width: 31.1 mm
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Weight: 23 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: yorymm E 01473

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE KNARESBOROUGH

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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