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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-F31B58
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint scraper/ oval discoidal knife of Neolithic date (3500-2100 BC). The lithic is cunate in profile and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface contains three predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises and coarse retouch to, left hand and proximal edges. Come cortex remains on the proximal dorsal surface. The ventral surface contains a bulb of percussion at the distal end with cracking ripples emanating from it towards the proximal aspect. One flake has been removed from the ventral surface on the bulb of percussion at the distal end.
The flint is a light grey with cream inclusion throughout, the cortex in a light cream in colour.
Length: 51.5mm Width: 42.1mm Thickness: 17.1mm Weight: 36.9g
Bond, Pg, 145, Fig, 5.131, No, 21.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.5 mm
Width: 42.1 mm
Thickness: 17.1 mm
Weight: 36.9 g
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Bempton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 145 | 5.131 |
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