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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: IOW-BD5203
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Early Neolithic flint end-scraper manufactured on a short secondary 'blade' (3500 BC-2900 BC).
The implement is an elongated and sub-oval in plan, sub-triangular in cross-section. The dorsal surface has two negative blade removals and about 40% of the surface is buff cortex. It has been trimmed irregularly around the edges on this face. There are multiple striking scars at the proximal end.
The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion at the proximal end with associated ripples and a hinge fracture at the distal end.
This flint is grey tinged with red. It is glossy, particularly on the ventral surface. However, this may have been created whilst in contact with mobile sand and shingle.
59.73 x 34.92 x 13.65mm. Weight: 29.85g.
Found on the surface of a shingle bank within the inter-tidal zone.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 3500 BC
Date to: Exactly 2900 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.73 mm
Width: 34.92 mm
Thickness: 13.65 mm
Weight: 29.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-3-11
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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