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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: NLM-496843
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cloudy brown flint or chert of lower quality, with cortex across one face
Scraper (identified by finder). A broad flat flake from the outside of a core, with hammer working from that (dorsal) side, producing a ragged edge around the tool. More limited zones of pressure flaking from the same side produced a more stable edge in a shallow cut-out zone along the edge, and pressure flaking from both sides has sharpened a further two limited zones. The overall impression is of a skilled worker investing the minimum necessary effort. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100BC.
Length: 62.92mm, Width: 48.99mm, Thickness: 7.9mm, Weight: 31.89gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.92 mm
Width: 48.99 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 31.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14629
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Greenfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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