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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: LANCUM-C5BAF6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic retouched mid grey chert scraper. The proximal end is made up of cortex.
Length 21mm, width 18mm, depth 6mm, weight 2.55g. Dates to between c3500 & c1500 BC.
Other lithics found in localised patches in the area by finder last year and by others throughout the last century or so.
Class: chert
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
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: 21 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 2.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: near Clitheroe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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