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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-983DD2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

The flat ventral face has no retouch. The dorsal face has secondary retained cortex and abrupt retouch at the distal end and both shoulders to create a button scraper.

The piece is made from a brown flint with cream specks. It is probably derived from a local beach pebble, by the look of its secondary cortex.

Butler (2005) illustrates a similar piece on Page 166 Fig 70 No 2, which he called a button or thumbnail scraper and placed in the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age period.

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 2900 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 9.7 mm
Weight: 5.25 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st June 2004 - Saturday 31st July 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 75.8
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: 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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Butler, C.	2005	Prehistoric Flintwork	Stroud	The History Press	166 Fig 70	2

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

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