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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: GLO-0A3D72
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Flint scraper, bulb of percussion on the ventral, one arise on the dorsal. Direct, abrupt retouch on the forward edge creating a curved working edge. direct, low-angled retouch on the left side.
Creamy white patina with large grey patches. This artefact dates to the Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 14.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Thursday 1st August 2013
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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: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cromhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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