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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-5825C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date. The implement is a waisted scraper, elongated D-shape in plan and D-shaped in section. The ventral surface is smooth with ripples of percussion radiating and three transverse negative scars. 90% of the dorsal surface remains coated in cortex and the distal edge is fairly shallow with extensive retouch which continues to the left mesial portion of the lithic.
The flint is a mid whitish-grey colour with some small lighter inclusions and two large patches of orange. The implement is 32.4mm long, 28.8mm wide, 5.7mm thick and weighs 6.5g.
Class: Scraper
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: 1
Length: 32.4 mm
Width: 28.8 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 6.5 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
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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