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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-4170B5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A thin flake of grey brown flint with cream flecks, struck from the cortex of a pebble. The distal end has been semi-abruptly retouched through the cortex as an end scraper. Mercer(1981) illustrates a cortically backed scraper on page 133, fig 58, L131.

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: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 3.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2006 - Saturday 15th July 2006

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 394.8
Museum accession number: 2011.23

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
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: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
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
Mercer, R.J.	1981	Excavations at Carn Brea, Illogan, Cornwall, 1970-73	Callington	Penwell Ltd.	133	fig 58, L131

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Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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