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Unique ID: YORYM-081943
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete knapped lithic implement of Bronze Age date, circa 2350 - 800 BC. The implement is a large side scraper formed from a secondary flake which is leaf-shaped in plan and ovate in section. Both surfaces are irregular with numerous flakes having been removed and roughly 10% cortex is retained on the dorsal surface. Shallow semi-invasive retouch is present along the distal edge and into the mesial portion of the right edge.
The flint is a mid brownish-grey colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 57mm long, 42.1mm wide, 13.5mm thick and weighs 34.8g.
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 action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 57 mm
Width: 42.1 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 34.8 g
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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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