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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-2788C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint 'end' scraper, probably dating from the Neolithic period.
The tool has been made from a secondary flake, is plano-convex, and suboval in plan. Retouch is confined to one end, is abrupt to semi-abrupt and scaled. The opposite end has suffered damage. The flint is unpatinated, dark orange-brown in colour.
Length: 36.2mm; width: 29.2mm; thickness: 9.4mm. Weight: 12.04g.
Class: End
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.2 mm
Width: 29.2 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 12.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Bedford 3177 - 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pertenhall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0865
Four figure Latitude: 52.27255577
Four figure longitude: -0.4186015
1:25K map: TL0865
1:10K map: TL06NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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