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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-206811

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

The flint is a light grey to off white colour, and was likely derived from a local beach pebble. Over 50% of the dorsal face is covered with roughly scarred cortex, consistant with beach pebble. Lozenge in plan and plano convex in profile, the distal end has retouch marks on either side of the medial ridge, which follows the cortex along the face of the flint. The proximal end of the dorsal face appears to have been snapped off, since there doesn't appear to be any signs of retouch. There are some indications of strike marks on the right margin of the ventral face, the bulb of percussion is still present, but there are no conchoidal waves present in the piece. This appears to be an end and side scraper.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.85 mm
Width: 22.71 mm
Thickness: 18.39 mm
Weight: 26.55 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2007 - Monday 30th April 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 491.5
Museum accession number: 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Discovery circumstances: Field Walking
Current location: Royal Cornwall Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bond, C.	2005	PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics	London	The Portable Antiquities Scheme	126 Fig 5.112	8

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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