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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: IOW-7408A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint side-end scraper (2500 BC-1500 BC).
The scraper, on a secondary flake, has a striking platform at the proximal end. The dorsal face is covered with about 10% creamy/white cortex. It has been worked at the distal end. The removals are semi-abrupt, short and sub-parallel. The ventral face has a bulb of percussion and a percussion scar. It is generally grey and off-white on both faces.
Height: 44.75mm; width: 40.40mm; thickness: 12.02mm. Weight: 21.08g.
Class: Side-end scraper
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Exactly 2500 BC
Date to: Exactly 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 44.75 mm
Width: 40.4 mm
Thickness: 12.02 mm
Weight: 21.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th February 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2013-1-141
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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