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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-6C9615
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Neolithic, notched flint scraper. The scraper has been fabricated from a tertiary, plunging blade of pale, honey-coloured flint. There is a clear bulb of percussion at the proximal end of the blade, with ripples of percussion across the ventral face. The dorsal face is free of cortex and has two ridges, showing where three previous blades have been removed. The blade has been worked along one edge using pressure-flaking to create a concave scraping edge and has also been worked into a small, but deep, notch at the proximal end using very fine pressure-flaking.
Class:
Scraper
Sub class: Notched
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.5 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th August 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Fotherby
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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