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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: HESH-E5CF25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Knapped flint scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2900-1800 BC). The scraper is broadly oval in plan and in cross section being formed from a tertiary flake; possibly debitage. The upper / dorsal face of the scraper exhibits a series of irregular flake scars suggesting that this piece has been removed from a larger flake and been subsequently reused. The lower / ventral face is concave with a series of conchoidal ripples; the bulb of percussion is lost due to a snapped edge. The edges of the dorsal face have all be retouched with indirect percussion, all the flakes relatively neat and well spaced creating a serrated edge. This suggests that the flake would have been used as a scraper. The snapped edge also seems to exhibit retouch, although this maybe due to abrasion or movement in the soil - the form of retouch seems to differ from that on the edges in that it is abrupt or direct. The flake is a mid grey brown colour with a thick white surface patina on the dorsal face. The flint is likely to be sourced from a river bed or glacial deposit.
The flake measures 31.0mm length, 19.6mm width, is 7.5mm thick and weighs 3.40 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 19.6 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Eastnor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7237
Four figure Latitude: 52.030697
Four figure longitude: -2.409542
1:25K map: SO7237
1:10K map: SO73NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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