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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SOM-F008E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint horseshoe-shaped scraper of mid/dark-grey flint of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500 - 1500 BC). Made on a tertiary flake with no surviving cortex. At the proximal end is a small striking platform, partially removed by old damage. On the ventral face the bulb is shallow, and the ripples travel diagonally. The dorsal face has two main scars creating steep sides either side of a flat median ridge. Around half of the distal edge has been retouched, quite crudely and abruptly, creating a curved working edge, with finer retouch above. The surface of the scraper has some crazing, possibly from burning.
Class: horseshoe
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 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Width: 29.2 mm
Thickness: 11.8 mm
Weight: 11.15 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22275
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Chaffcombe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST3508
Four figure Latitude: 50.8678328
Four figure longitude: -2.92505598
1:25K map: ST3508
1:10K map: ST30NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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