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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: CORN-80D794
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint end and side scraper, sub-ovate in plan and semi-circular in profile and triangular section, with abrupt unifacial retouch at the proximal end and along part of the right margin of the dorsal face, up to the edge of the cortex. There is also some more oblique retouch along the left margin of the dorsal face. There is some natural fracturing, creating a stepped edge on the medial ridge of the dorsal face. A layer of cortex remains over half of the dorsal face from the mid-point to the distal end, and around its edge there is also damage through frost fracturing.
The colour of the flint is a mottled light grey to buff colour, and the colour and texture of the cortex suggests that the flake was derived from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is 3:2 which is typical of this type of scraper.
Bond (2004) illustrates similar end scrapers on pages 137 & 151, Figs.5.124 & 5.135, Nos.F14, F22 & F123, which are dated from the later Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
Notes:
The end scraper is photographed upside down with the proximal end at the top as it is the worked end.
Subsequent actions
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: Circa 2900 BC
Date to: Exactly 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 6.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th January 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Minver Lowlands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW9874
Four figure Latitude: 50.53081694
Four figure longitude: -4.85159184
1:25K map: SW9874
1:10K map: SW94SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bond, C. | 2005 | PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics | London | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | 37 & 151, Figs.5.124 & 5.135, | Nos.F14, F22 & F123 |
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