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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: WMID-51BF44
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint side scraper of probable Neolithic date. The flint has been retouched predominantly on the right lateral edge of the ventral surface, forming a scraping edge. The tool appears to have been designed to have been held with the ventral surface facing the holder, using the scraping edge to scrape towards the tool user. It has a dark grey patina.
Find not photographed.
Notes:
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: 35.75 mm
Width: 22.03 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 6.3 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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