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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: SWYOR-3B9BE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint wedge shaped scraper of Neolithic date (4500-1500 BC). The scraper retains cortex across its dorsal surface which contains four predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. The proximal edge has been abruptly blunted and there is retouch present on the left hand edge. The ventral surface is smooth and concave with cracking ripples emanating from the proximal end.
The flint is dark brown and the cortex is a light cream in colour.
Bond, Pg, 145, Fig 5.131, No, 15.
Length: 70.35mm
Thickness: 9.68mm
Width: 29.26mm
Weight: 25.93g
Class: SCRAPER
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.35 mm
Width: 29.26 mm
Thickness: 9.68 mm
Weight: 25.93 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Brampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
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, 15 |
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