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Unique ID: LANCUM-5D69F1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Neolithic to late Bronze Age black flint tool from a secondary flake. On first appearence it looks a waste flake from secondary working of a core. Closer investigation reveals further working and retouch producing two pronounced notches on the concave edge and two less definate ones on the convex edge. The fineness of the original flake suggests a late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, but the poor execution of the finished tool is more suggestive of a late Bronze Age date of manufacture. It is probably a late Bronze Age notched scraper or blade manufactured from a late Neolithic to early Bronze Age waste flake. Dates to between c2700 and c801 BC.
The length is 30mm, and the width is 17mm the thickness 3mm and the weight is 1.81g.
Class: notched scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th May 2013
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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: South Cave
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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