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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-593C20
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete thumbnail scraper of Neolithic date (4300-1500 BC). The lithic is sub-ovate in profile, the dorsal surface is lightly concave and contains six predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. The distal edges have been abruptly blunted and there is rough retouch to the right hand edge. The ventral surface is slightly convex with a small bulb of percussion at the proximal end.
The flint is a light grey with dark grey inclusions throughout.
Class: Scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4300 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 34.03 mm
Thickness: 5.47 mm
Weight: 5.84 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: Ulrome
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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