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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-715B17

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint scraper, ovoid in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. The dorsal side has a retouched margin from the lower left edge round to the upper right edge. The distal tip appears worked into a deliberate point. The lower left margin is snapped and abraded. The proximal end is damaged and from perhaps an impact fracture. On the ventral side there are two areas of retouch on the upper left and right margins in between which there is a visible bulb of percussion. It is dark grey with light grey flecks in colour. The non-beach cortex is an opaque beige in tone.

Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 127, Fig. 51, No. 6 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: 29.56 mm
Width: 25.88 mm
Thickness: 5.59 mm
Weight: 4.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2005 - Tuesday 31st May 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 162.5
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: SW46SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
Current location: ROYAL CORNWALL MUSEUM
General landuse: Cultivated land

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

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