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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-0112D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint pebble scraper, almost oval in plan and plano-convex in profile. The left and right margins and distal end have been retouched. There is pitting on the ventral side. It is a dark grey brown with cream flecks in colour.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 138, Fig. 5.125, No. F.5 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.4 mm
Width: 19.69 mm
Thickness: 9.77 mm
Weight: 4.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th June 2007 - Friday 8th June 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 500.2
Museum accession number: TRURI 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: SW46NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 | 138, Fig. 5.125 | F.5 |
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