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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-07FB84
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete knapped lithic implement of Bronze Age date, circa 2350 - 800 BC. The implement is a large and crude scraper formed from a primary flake which is leaf-shaped in plan and ovate in section. Both surfaces are irregular with numerous flakes having been removed and roughly 90% cortex is retained on the dorsal surface. Some steep, invasive retouch is present along the distal edge.
The flint is a dark greyish-black colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 57.4mm long, 45mm wide, 15.1mm thick and weighs 45.6g.
Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. They had many different functions as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.4 mm
Width: 45 mm
Thickness: 15.1 mm
Weight: 45.6 g
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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)
Parish or ward: Bempton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA2072
Four figure Latitude: 54.12985098
Four figure longitude: -0.16505544
1:25K map: TA2072
1:10K map: TA27SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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