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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-5092E0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint discoidal scraper of Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, about 3500 BC - 1500 BC. The scraper is formed on a broad flake of patinated yellow to tan flint of the type usually seen on the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds. The flake has a concave dorsal face and is oval in plan. All the edges are retouched with abrupt or semi abrupt removals.
Class: discoidal
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 54.23 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 21.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012 - Monday 15th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2037
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)
Parish or ward: Sutton upon Derwent (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7248
Four figure Latitude: 53.923141
Four figure longitude: -0.905111
1:25K map: SE7248
1:10K map: SE74NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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