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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: SWYOR-903063
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint scraper of unknown date, Mesolithic to Neolithic (about 9000 BC - 2200BC). The scraper is formed on a yellow grey flint which is opaque, but not patinated. It is sub-triangular; the distal end is a hinged termination and the scraping edge is formed on the right side and proximal end. It is sub-trapezoidal in section. The flake is secondary with long, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch forming the scraping edge. Some cortex survives at the distal right side. It is 22.55mm long, 35.7mm wide and 8.8mm thick. 6.75g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.55 mm
Width: 35.7 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 6.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1974 - Tuesday 31st December 1974
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2326
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: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Stainforth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6612
Four figure Latitude: 53.60042027
Four figure longitude: -1.00414239
1:25K map: SE6612
1:10K map: SE61SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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