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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: PUBLIC-D3CC56

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Flint hollow scraper, curved lozenge shape in plan and a wavy rod shape in profile. The dorsal side has a convex mesial vertical ridge. The distal end is cortex and the proximal end has some worn serration. On the left margin the edge is partly snapped and partly worn serration. The adjacent surface is spalled with some flaking. The right margin has low-angle sharp serration. The ventral side is also convex with some mesial flake removal. The left margin has a more marked serration and on the right margin there has been some small flake removal.

The flint is cream grey toned with a secondary cortex of cream in colour.

Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 184, Fig. 75, No. 6 which describes a hollow scraper and 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: 31.88 mm
Width: 15.2 mm
Thickness: 7.52 mm
Weight: 3.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2004 - Saturday 31st July 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 82.7
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: SW4527
Four figure Latitude: 50.088261
Four figure longitude: -5.566294
1:25K map: SW4527
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	184, Fig. 75	6

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

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