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SIDE SCRAPER
Unique ID: PUBLIC-EEC584
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A thick triangular section flake of mottled cream and light grey pebble flint with rusty surface spots. The left margin is backed by cortex with a slight abraded notch in the mesal part of the margin. Opposite this in the right margin is a semi-abruptly worked scraper with use gloss on the dorsal surface.Mercer(1981) illustrates an edged flake as a side scraper on page 131, fig 57, L112.
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: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.6 mm
Width: 23.2 mm
Thickness: 14.4 mm
Weight: 15.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004 - Friday 30th April 2004
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 12.1
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
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.
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. | 131 | fig 57, L112 |
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