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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-F4FF6A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint scraper of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c. 4000 - 801 BC).
The tool is roughly 'D-shaped' in plan, trapezoidal in section and has been made from a tertiary flake. The butt of the scraper has been removed, giving the tool a truncated appearance. Retouch, confined to the rounded distal end, is long, scaled and abrupt. Contact with alkaline soil has resulted in the formation of a white surface.
Length: 28.4mm; width: 37mm; thickness: 8.8mm. Weight: 10.71g.
Class: End
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.4 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 10.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 84
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL2539
Four figure Latitude: 52.03532464
Four figure longitude: -0.17914069
1:25K map: TL2539
1:10K map: TL23NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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