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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: BH-075523
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint side and end scraper, probably dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c. 4000 BC - c. 801 BC).
The scraper has been made from an irregular, secondary flake and has retouch at its distal end, extending to the mesial sides. This retouch is long, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt. A pronounced bulb of percussion and rippling can be seen on the ventral surface, adjacent to the striking platform. The white surface of the exposed flint is the result of deposition within alkaline soil.
Length: 21.9mm; width: 25.6mm; thickness: 8.5mm. Weight: 4.48g.
Class: Side and 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: 21.9 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 4.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 65
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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: TL2538
Four figure Latitude: 52.02633853
Four figure longitude: -0.17950572
1:25K map: TL2538
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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