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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: YORYM-984589
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete flint notched scraper of Neolithic date (4000-2350 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in profile and is plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface retains a large amount of cortex, all edges have been partially flaked in a scaled pattern. All edges contain fine, semi-abrupt retouch. There is a notched/ semi-circular recess in the mesial portion of the left hand edge. The ventral surface is smooth with the exception of a hinged flake removal towards the distal end. The lithic retains some cortex and is therefore a secondary flake.
The flint is a light orange/brown in colour with cream and dark grey inclusions throughout. The cortex is a light brown in colour.
Class: Notched scraper
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.31 mm
Width: 36.98 mm
Thickness: 10.75 mm
Weight: 21.6 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: TA1872
Four figure Latitude: 54.13031344
Four figure longitude: -0.19564586
1:25K map: TA1872
1:10K map: TA17SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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