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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2F7D16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint scraper, both end and side. Possibly an exhausted core retouched to form a scraper. There is gloss from use wear on triangular shaped point which could have been proximal end, but with bulb of percussion having possibly been chipped away. There is heavy retouch at distal end, dorsal view, and around each side from the distal end opposite to the pointed end. Could possibly been an awl in the making. No cortex remains, and no signs of burning.
The flint is of a light fawn/brown overall colour and was likely derived from a local beach pebble.
Butler [2005] illustrates a similar example on page 184, fig 75, No 1 which is dated to the late neolithic/early bronze age.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight: 33.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010 - Sunday 28th February 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 581.3
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 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 184, Fig 75 | No.1 |
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