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END SCRAPER

Unique ID: PUBLIC-6D15A7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A thick plunging flake from an opaque cream flint pebble.The removal required 2 bulbs of percussion,implying a tougher coarse flint. The dorsal surface carries the scars of parallel flake scars from the same platform as this flake removal. The distal end has been semi-abruptly retouched through the cortex with a finish of fine abrupt flake scars to leave a convex, un-serrated edge. Butler(2005) illustrates a similar scraper on page 127 fig 51, 6.

Subsequent actions

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

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50.6 mm
Width: 37.7 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 31.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2005 - Saturday 30th April 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 161.5
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: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: Royal Cornwall Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Butler, C.	2005	Prehistoric Flintwork	Stroud	The History Press	127	fig 51,6

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Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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