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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: FAKL-A43402
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Flint scraper, D shaped with retouch on all edges (short, stepped, semi abrupt. Translucent grey flint with some white spots. Pronounced bulb of percussion on ventral face which appears to have been reduced by the removal of a single flake struck from a small, carefully prepared platform. Early-Late Neolithic. Length 34.5mm; Width 33.6mm; Thickness 7.0mm; Mass 9.89g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2701 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 5.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SWY268
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Kettlethorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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