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SCRAPER (TOOL)

Unique ID: NLM-B4F601

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Grey flint with cortex, patinated on dorsal side, scraper. Thumbnail scraper of plano-convex form, made by mainly hard hammer working around the ventral side of a plano-convex flake. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2100-1500 BC.

Length: 25.6mm, Width: 23.2mm, Thickness: 10.2mm, Weight: 6.03gms.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2100 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Width: 23.2 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 6.03 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 23rd April 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM22431a

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: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Scawby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9604
Four figure Latitude: 53.523907
Four figure longitude: -0.553399
1:25K map: SE9604
1:10K map: SE90SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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