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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-550B93

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint scraper, sub ovoid in plan and curved lozenge shaped in profile. The dorsal side surface is over half cortex. The distal end is spalled with some retouch. The proximal end is also spalled. The left margin has a retouched edge with adjacent large flake removal. On the ventral side the left margin is retouched with a visible bulb of percussion on the proximal end. On the right margin there is retouch scarring.

The flint is mid grey in colouring with a secondary cortex of cream grey tones.

Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 128, Fig. 52, No. 4 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: 40.8 mm
Width: 21.2 mm
Thickness: 9.6 mm
Weight: 10.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004 - Friday 31st December 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 85.7
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: SW4627
Four figure Latitude: 50.088689
Four figure longitude: -5.552343
1:25K map: SW4627
1:10K map: SW47SE
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	128, Fig 52	4

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

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