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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: WMID-519476
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint side scraper of probable Neolithic date. The flint also has an apparent burin spall removal at the distal end with a burin point formed, probably for boring or incising. The tool therefore may had a double function as a burin and a scraper. The left lateral edge has been retouched, probably to form a scraping edge. A small portion of pale cream coloured cortex has been retained at the distal end of the dorsal face, probably to allow the flint to be handled comfortably. The proximal end retains the bulb of percussion. The flint is a dark mottled grey in colour. The flint is sub-triangular in section.
Find not photographed.
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Finder's site C.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.46 mm
Width: 25.73 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Wall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK0806
Four figure Latitude: 52.651674
Four figure longitude: -1.883182
1:25K map: SK0806
1:10K map: SK00NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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