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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: WAW-09186A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint possible early Neolithic or early Bronze Age (c. 7001 to 1500 BC) scraper:
In plan the scraper is a sub-oval and in profile is almost a semi-circular. On the dorsal surface there is re-touch across the surface and, along the distal end and sides there is parallel, linear, abrupt, re-touch. There are also traces of cortex on this surface. The ventral surface has a deep scars transversing the flake. The scraper is knapped from a opaque light brown flint. The scraper, with the striking platform at the top, is 20.83mm long, 23mm wide and 9.05mm thick. It weighs 4.8g.
The scraper, if that is what it is, may be a thumbnail scrapers and dates to the early Neolithic to Bronze Age, c.7001 to 1500 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.83 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 9.05 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd April 2013 - Monday 16th June 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Leigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7653
Four figure Latitude: 52.17473072
Four figure longitude: -2.35237195
1:25K map: SO7653
1:10K map: SO75SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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