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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-BC17F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two flint scrapers dating from the Neolithic period.
The larger is thick and irregular. It is formed on a chunk of mottled tan and gray flint with retouch along the left side. It is 40mm long, 31.41mm wide and 15.56mm thick. 18.65g.
The smaller is the snapped distal end of a larger flake. It is patinated gray flint with invasive retouch on the distal left side. It is 21.18mm long, 22.03mm wide and 7mm thick. 3.72g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Amy Downes
Identified by: Mr Jason Dodds
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1669
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sprotbrough and Cusworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5402
Four figure Latitude: 53.511917
Four figure longitude: -1.187177
1:25K map: SE5402
1:10K map: SE50SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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